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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
News India, meanwhile, are unlikely to get warm-up matches against English county sides. They will instead play two intra-squad games Ishant Sharma required multiple stitches on his bowling hand after sustaining an injury on the last day of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand, but the pacer is expected to be fit in
News Buttler injury opens door to extended run in ODI squad after luckless tour of India At the start of March, Sam Billings was full of positivity about an upcoming three-match period that could have locked him into England’s T20 World Cup squad: he had not been given an opportunity in their T20I series in
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T20 World Cup will be played in the UAE, starting October 17.© Twitter The upcoming Twenty20 World Cup has been moved out of India and the tournament will now be played in the United Arab Emirates, sources told NDTV. The tournament will begin on October 17 and the final will take place on November 14.
News Sri Lanka’s head coach said he wants the batsmen to be more proactive against a world-class England attack Mickey Arthur has urged his Sri Lanka side to stay patient after they slipped to a second defeat in as many nights in Cardiff, leaving them on a run of 11 defeats in their last 12
Liam Livingstone has enhanced his World Cup claims with two important displays © Getty Images Teams can take a squad of 33 players to cover 15 starting positions in rugby’s next World Cup, and 23 for 11 spots in football’s, but cricket diverges from the norm. England will take a 15-man squad to the T20
News The Australia captain said that performances on the upcoming tours will count for a lot in final selection Australia’s planning for the 2021 T20 World Cup has been significantly disrupted by tour pullouts but captain Aaron Finch is maintaining his focus – in more ways than one. Finch underwent surgery on his left eye
News Bavuma, who missed the Tests with a hip injury and then a dislocated finger, is expected to lead SA South Africa allrounder Dwaine Pretorius has tested positive for Covid-19 and did not travel with the T20I squad to Grenada for their five-match series against the West Indies, which starts on Saturday. Pretorius is asymptomatic
News Haider Ali has also been withdrawn from the tours of England and West Indies, and replaced by Sohaib Maqsood Peshawar Zalmi’s Haider Ali and Umaid Asif have been suspended from Thursday’s PSL final against the Multan Sultans after they admitted to charges of violating the tournament’s health and safety protocols by meeting people from
New Zealand’s captain Kane Williamson has described winning the inaugural World Test Championship in Southampton as a “special feeling”, but would not go as far as calling it the biggest day in the history of New Zealand cricket. “Certainly is a very special feeling. A couple of close ones and then to get one [final
News Existing majority owner Emerging Media increase their stake from 51% to 65% Private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners, which has interests in the parent company of Liverpool and the Boston Red Sox, has picked up a 15 percent stake in Rajasthan Royals for an undisclosed amount. The Royals, winners of the inaugural IPL in
David Willey replaced Chris Woakes in the side for the second T20I © PA Images/Getty Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs England Sri Lanka made two changes to the XI that lost by a substantial margin on Wednesday night, but stuck to the same decision at the toss, opting to bat first even though
WTC Final: Virat Kohli said that the Indian team is a family.© Twitter A day after India went down to New Zealand in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC), captain Virat Kohli took to social media to share a motivational message for the team. Kohli tweeted saying that the team is more
Play 03:08 Manjrekar: ‘This team has more world-class players than any NZ team previously’ Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has admitted it was difficult to believe that the team would end their run of near-misses in world events on the final day against India in Southampton while Sir Richard Hadlee lauded the current generation
New Zealand 249 (Conway 54, Williamson 49, Shami 4-76) and 140 for 2 (Williamson 52*, Taylor 47, Ashwin 2-17) beat India 217 (Rahane 49, Kohli 44, Jamieson 5-31) and 170 (Pant 41, Southee 4-48) by eight wickets Even the England weather couldn’t summon enough cruelty to break New Zealand hearts once again. Two years after
News India captain acknowledges NZ were better side but says great Tests come in series Virat Kohli, India’s captain, admitted that New Zealand are the deserving winners of the inaugural World Test Championship, but has called for future editions of the tournament – which is contested over a two-year cycle – to be decided in
News Captain backs positive approach after batters get caught in two minds on final day Virat Kohli, India’s captain, says that his batters may need to take more “risks” in tough conditions to provide more support to their bowling attack. Kohli’s India were bowled out for 217 and 170 in their two innings in Southampton,
Report Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening match of the T20I series against England in Cardiff Toss Sri Lanka chose to bat vs England Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the opening match of the T20I series against England in Cardiff. England captain,
News Head coach says enough high-quality preparation is lacking away from international cricket West Indies coach Phil Simmons has acknowledged that his batters have work to do on their techniques after their 2-nil series defeat against South Africa. Not only did West Indies lose both Tests by significant margins inside four days, they also failed
Multan Sultans have been the most successful team in the second leg of PSL 2021 © PSL Big Picture Given how unlikely it looked at various stages over the last few months, just to be at this stage now, the final of the sixth season of the PSL between Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi, is
News Young allrounder Shamim Hossain the only new face in multi-format touring party Shakib Al Hasan has returned to Bangladesh’s Test and T20I squads, while Nurul Hasan‘s hot recent form in the domestic circuit has won him spots in all three squads for the tour of Zimbabwe later this month. Only one brand-new face figures