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
News Ben Sawyer has joined the national set-up as full-time pace-bowling coach Matthew Mott, head coach of the Australia women’s team, has signed a two-year contract extension which means he will remain in charge until after the defence of the T20 World Cup title in 2023. The next two years includes a host of major
Big picture A grand finale will close the first series of West Indies’ home summer and they will be itching for silverware, especially after losing the Test series 2-0. West Indies have held the lead, then fallen behind and then drawn level to lock this five-match series at 2-2, and create the kind of pressure
News Bavuma, Khawaja and Pooran also part of the drafts ahead of the second season’s kick-off on July 30 Shakib al Hasan, Usman Khawaja, Sherfane Rutherford and Rilee Rossouw are among the leading names to have registered to compete in the Lankan Premier League, Sri Lanka’s premier T20 franchise competition. The LPL is scheduled to
‘Maybe we have been found wanting in that [pace-bowling] department [against West Indies]’ – Temba Bavuma © AFP/Getty Images South Africa have yet to make a firm decision on who will partner Quinton de Kock or who their sixth bowling option will be for the T20 World Cup later this year. With approximately seven fixtures
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Sam Curran picked up five wickets in the second ODI against Sri Lanka.© Twitter Stand-in England head coach Graham Thorpe feels playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) has “enormously” helped Sam Curran to evolve his game. Sam Curran, who plays for MS Dhoni-led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the IPL, picked five wickets in
Graham Thorpe says that Sam Curran‘s composure in pressurised situations is the trait that has propelled him to the heart of England’s white-ball plans, following his series-sealing five-wicket haul in the second ODI against Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval. Curran, who has played ten ODIs in his young career compared to 21 Tests since
News ‘If anything we’ll be a bit vulnerable because we won’t have had a lot of cricket” Australia women’s head coach Matthew Mott is wary that India may be the better-prepared side when the two teams meet in September, with the home side coming off an extended period without playing and a chance that their
Nicholas Pooran, Alyssa Healy, Aaron Finch and Meg Lanning are among the latest overseas players to pull out of the inaugural season of the Hundred, with Faf du Plessis, Shabnim Ismail, Imran Tahir and Laura Wolvaardt signing up as replacements. A number of the competition’s leading overseas players have already withdrawn due to clashes with
News Hasan Ali, left out of last year’s list, rejoins it in the highest-earning Category A Senior players Mohammad Abbas, Asad Shafiq and Imad Wasim, and youngsters Haider Ali and Naseem Shah are among the players missing from the Pakistan men’s contracts list for 2021-22. Fast bowler Hasan Ali, meanwhile, has undergone a swift change
Adam Milne has signed as an overseas player at Birmingham Phoenix Milne, the New Zealand fast bowler, is currently playing for Kent in the T20 Blast. He replaces Shaheen Shah Afridi at Birmingham. Afridi is unavailable due to international duty. With experience in international and franchise cricket – he’s played in the IPL and BBL
News Storm Elsa is making its way north west through various parts of the Caribbean Australia’s preparations for the T20 series against West Indies are facing disruption with St Lucia bracing for the impact of a tropical storm over the next 48 hours. The island will go into a lockdown early on Friday morning with
News The 30-year old seamer last played for Zimbabwe in November 2020 but has been an active participant in domestic cricket this year Tendai Chatara, the Zimbabwe fast bowler who has been absent from the Test arena for nearly three years, has found his way back into the team for the one-off match against Bangladesh
Report South Africa are chasing their first T20I series win in over two years South Africa opt to bowl v West Indies Temba Bavuma won his first T20I toss and decided to put West Indies in to bat for the first time in this series. A win for South Africa here will give them a
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Kane Williamson has withdrawn from The Hundred to manage his elbow injury.© AFP New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson has withdrawn from the inaugural edition of The Hundred as he manages his elbow injury. Williamson was slated to play for Birmingham Phoenix and had previously missed the ODI series against Bangladesh and the start of the Indian
A disappointed Shubman Gill walks back Tertius Pickard / © Getty Images Shubman Gill has a stress related injury in one of his lower legs and could be in danger of missing the entire five-Test series against England, beginning in August. ESPNcricinfo has learned that as per the initial prognosis, the Indian medical staff suspects
News Somerset batter brought in for third ODI after finding form in Blast England have added Tom Banton to their squad for the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka in Bristol on Sunday. Banton, the 22-year-old Somerset top-order batter, hit a 47-ball century in the Vitality T20 Blast at the start of the week.
Report Changes on both sides as Eoin Morgan opted to chase once again Toss England chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka England have won the toss and chosen to bowl first in the second ODI against Sri Lanka at the Oval. Jason Roy returns at the top of the home batting order after a hamstring
News “Nida is an icon and inspiration to millions of young girls who are passionate about cricket and follow the game” Nida Dar has become the first Pakistan player – male or female – to 100 T20I wickets. The 34-year old reached the milestone when she had West Indies opener Deandra Dottin caught by Diana