News Captain says England ‘can’t play players until they fall over’ in ‘unbelievably busy’ schedule Eoin Morgan has defended the ECB’s rest-and-rotation policy ahead of England’s T20I series against Sri Lanka, calling the current international schedule “unbelievably busy” and insisting that England “can’t play players until they fall over”. Morgan, England’s limited-overs captain, has had
Zimbabwe and Bangladesh last met at international level in March 2020 © BCB Zimbabwe’s Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) has given Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) permission to host Bangladesh in July despite a government directive to suspend all sporting activity in the country as part of measures aimed at containing Covid-19. The tour will consist of
News The travelling party will have their passports processed separately, and will not face immigration authorities The Australian men’s team will have heightened bio-bubble measures on their tour to Bangladesh next month. The visitors are likely to touch down on July 29 to play five T20Is against Bangladesh in early August, with all matches being
England’s World Cup-winning captain Eoin Morgan insisted Tuesday his use of the word ‘sir’ in Twitter posts conveyed “admiration and respect” as he rejected suggestions of causing offence on social media. Morgan and his deputy Jos Buttler were accused of mocking the way Indian people addressed them in English after Twitter posts from several years
Melbourne Renegades toppled Melbourne Stars in a memorable BBL derby, with Mackenzie Harvey and Beau Webster combining for a match-winning partnership
The role of the batting coach was Younis Khan’s first full-time appointment with the PCB since his retirement in 2017 © Getty Images The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and batting coach Younis Khan have mutually agreed to part ways ahead of Pakistan’s overseas tours of England and West Indies. Khan began his role in November
News The coach praised the return to form of Quinton de Kock and leadership of Dean Elgar It started with a fire. On a chilly autumn evening, South Africa’s Test squad sat around the flames at their pre-tour bush camp and considered how they had fallen to No.7 on the Test rankings, their joint-lowest position.
News The home side failed to reach 200 in four innings against South Africa Captain Kraigg Brathwaite denied that the lack of a batting coach was to blame for West Indies performances in the Test series against South Africa and apologised to supporters for the team’s poor displays. West Indies were bowled out for their
Report Khawaja’s 70 in vain as Islamabad United fall short by 30 runs Multan Sultans 180 for 5 (Maqsood 59, Khushdil 42*, Charles 41, Shadab 2-25) beat Islamabad United 149 (Khawaja 70, Tanvir 3-17, Muzarabani 3-31, Tahir 2-29) by 31 runs Multan Sultans beat Islamabad United for the first time this season to seal their
Alastair Cook has questioned England’s priorities, after the selectors named their strongest available white-ball squad to take on Sri Lanka this week, only days after an under-strength Test team lost to New Zealand for their first home series defeat since 2014. Cook, who was England captain when they were overturned by Sri Lanka in a
The fourth day of the World Test Championship (WTC) Final between India and New Zealand at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton was washed out due to rain. India were bowled out for 217 in the 1st innings and New Zealand were at 101/2 in 49 overs at Stumps on Day 3. With no action possible
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Report West Indies were struggling at 109 for 6 at lunch in pursuit of 324 Lunch: West Indies 149 and 109 for 6 (Blackwood 5*, Roach 1*) need another 215 runs to beat South Africa 298 and 174 (van der Dussen 75*, Roach 4-52) Keshav Maharaj took a hat-trick to put South Africa four wickets
News Chester-le-Street, Bristol, Oval, Edgbaston granted 50 percent capacities for white-ball fixtures There will be more spectators than anticipated at some of England’s international matches in the coming weeks, after a selection of fixtures in the series involving Sri Lanka and Pakistan were given the status of pilot events. When the UK government extended its
Report All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Day four of the World Test Championship final, and Virat Kohli’s India need to play a bit of catch up with Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – if the weather allows. A recap of day three. Stay tuned for
News All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Day four of the World Test Championship final, and Virat Kohli’s India need to play a bit of catch up with Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – if the weather allows. A recap of day three. Stay tuned for
Jos Buttler insists that his ambition is still to be “the best player I can, no matter what colour the ball is”, but says he has no qualms about missing England’s last five Test matches as part of the ECB’s rest-and-rotation policy, warning that if you treat the global schedule as “an endless piece of
Day three of the World Test Championship final. Here’s to more riveting cricket from Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – just like yesterday. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest. Click here for ball-by-ball commentary. Here’s our live coverage in Hindi. Those in the US can watch
News Analysis Devon Conway’s seamless elevation brought the first half-century of the final It took until 6pm on the third day at Southampton for the first fifty of the World Test Championship final to be posted, and not entirely surprisingly – even in a contest featuring a handful of the most iconic batters of the
News Allrounder hasn’t played for England since September but could make T20 comeback after six years Chris Woakes has conceded that his winter of inaction with England “felt like a bit of a waste”, and revealed that he had received an apology from the team management and the ECB over the shared car ride that
England Women drew their one-off Test against India Women in Bristol.© England Cricket/Twitter English skipper Heather Knight acknowledged that the one-off Test between England and India was a prime advertisement for the game, saying she would love to see five-day Tests for women. A sensational knock from Sneh Rana saved the Test for India as England were unable
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It was a wet, wet start to the day © AFP/Getty Images Lunch West Indies 149 (Blackwood 49, Mulder 3-1) trail South Africa 298 (de Kock 96, Mayers 3-28, Roach 3-45) by 149 runs South Africa were made to wait before they could start their second innings – and to increase their 149-run lead over
News All the matches will be hosted by Antigua after the Pakistan contingent arrives on June 23 Pakistan Women will travel to the Caribbean for three T20Is and five ODIs, with their A team set to shadow the senior side for an additional six matches. All the matches will be hosted by Antigua after the
Report All the stats, analysis and colour from the title bout of the inaugural World Test Championship Day three of the World Test Championship final. Here’s to more riveting cricket from Virat Kohli’s India and Kane Williamson’s New Zealand – just like yesterday. Here’s ESPNcricinfo’s live updates – please refresh your page for the latest.
Deepti Sharma‘s failed slog-sweep at the stroke of lunch on day four was just the kind of cautionary tale Smriti Mandhana had bemoaned a day earlier, after she, herself “threw” her wicket away in the same innings, at the same juncture. Sharma’s wicket in the last over of the opening session triggered a second collapse
News Ben Stokes set to return to action, for Durham, after being out since April when he picked up a finger injury Olly Stone has been ruled out for the rest of the English summer after suffering another stress fracture to the lower back, his third in as many years. Stone was due to be
Wiaan Mulder ran through West Indies’ lower order © AFP/Getty Images Not only did Wiaan Mulder finish the second day of the second Test against West with South Africa’s best bowling figures, but he also picked up a very expensive bar bill. Mulder called “keg ball” on the first delivery of the West Indies’ innings,
News Yorkshireman links up with white-ball squad in Cardiff ahead of series opener Jonny Bairstow has linked up with England’s white-ball squads in Cardiff as scheduled after a scan cleared him of a serious ankle injury. Bairstow suffered the injury while batting for Yorkshire on Wednesday night against Worcestershire, pulling up after running a single.
Report Kyle Mayers and Kemar Roach end with three wickets apiece Lunch South Africa 298 (de Kock 96, Elgar 77, Mayers 3-28, Roach 3-45) vs West Indies Quinton de Kock fell four short of a second successive century in the series and Kagiso Rabada scored a 23-ball 21 to take South Africa to a shade