News “Everyone backs everyone, it doesn’t matter which XI is playing” On a high after their emphatic series win at Edgbaston on Sunday, New Zealand will now have plenty of selection headaches to deal with for the World Test Championship final against India starting June 18 in Southampton. With a combination of injuries and their
News Runners-up to get USD 800,000; the teams will split the prize money in case there isn’t a result The winners of the India vs New Zealand World Test Championship (WTC) final will take home USD 1.6 million, as well as the Test Championship Mace, while the losing team will get USD 800,000, the ICC
News Langer’s intensity as coach has led to murmurs of discontent in the Australian dressing room Tim Paine has insisted that Justin Langer has the full support of the Australian playing group, even as rumblings of dressing-room discontent continued. “We are all 100% behind JL and the job he is doing,” Paine told reporters in
News England player-turned commentator honoured in Queen’s Birthday Honours list England cricketer-turned commentator Ebony Rainford-Brent has become an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for services to cricket and charity. Rainford-Brent was recognised for her work with the African Caribbean Engagement (ACE) Programme. The organisation was founded in January 2020 to engage young people
Report Maqsood too chips in with bruising half-century as Sultans make it two in two in UAE leg Multan Sultans 167 for 1 (Rizwan 82*, Maqsood 61) beat Peshawar Zalmi 166 for 7 (Rutherford 56, Akmal 35, Dahani 4-31) by 9 wickets Mohammad Rizwan‘s adjective-defying T20 run shows no signs of abating. On Sunday night,
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday announced a special edition intake of 10 cricket icons into the ICC Hall of Fame to celebrate the prestigious history of Test cricket, and to coincide with the first-ever ICC World Test Championship final. The 10 legends of the game to be inducted have all made a significant
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen sat down with Cricket Network and named his top 5 toughest bowlers from his playing days
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News Says the win gives South Africa “massive confidence not only moving into the next Test but moving into the next few years” Kagiso Rabada likened his emotions after his first five-for in Test cricket since March 2018 to the feeling a batsman has when he scores a hundred after a lean patch. However, he
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News First series win in England since 1999 was firm focus, says vice-captain New Zealand’s series win in England is their first since 1999 and they have an opportunity to add the inaugural World Test Championship title next week when they play India at the Ageas Bowl. Which is the bigger prize? “Both sounds pretty
News But England skipper says now is not the time to ‘rip up all the hard work we’ve done’ Joe Root has admitted England were “outplayed in all three departments” after slipping to defeat in the LV=Insurance Test series against New Zealand. The series defeat was England’s first at home since 2014 and Root’s first
News Replaced in the XI by Saim Ayub; second concussion in two days for Gladiators A concussion has ruled Faf du Plessis out of the Quetta Gladiators’ ongoing match against the Peshawar Zalmi in Abu Dhabi. du Plessis suffered a blow to the head when he collided with his team-mate Mohammad Hasnain during the seventh
News The fast bowler will fly back to Pakistan for personal reasons Hasan Ali will not feature in the remainder of the PSL season. The Islamabad United fast bowler will leave the tournament bubble in the UAE and return to Pakistan “due to family concerns”. “I want to say to all Islamabad United fans, unfortunately
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News India spinner also thinks New Zealand will come into WTC final ‘with an advantage’, having played England in England in the lead-in A week before the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final in Southampton, India offspinner R Ashwin has suggested that one of the tournament’s potential evolutions could be that teams play the bilateral
News Trio back in contention as England seek cover for Stokes, Archer and Topley England have recalled Chris Woakes, David Willey and Liam Dawson to their T20I squad to face Sri Lanka later this month. Woakes has not played T20 cricket for England since 2015 but comes in as one of three changes from the
News The two match referees and six umpires managed to get to the BKSP eventually and matches began after a delay A group of Dhaka Premier League (DPL) match officials escaped major injuries when the car ferrying them to the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) on Saturday morning was attacked during a violent skirmish between
Report Roston Chase was the only West Indies batter to offer any resistance South Africa 322 (de Kock 141*, Holder 4-75) beat West Indies 97 (Holder 20, Ngidi 5-19, Nortje 4-35) & 162 (Chase 62, Rabada 5-34) by an innings and 63 runs Kagiso Rabada claimed his first five-wicket haul in 33 innings, since March
News 19-year-old quick has big future, says captain, after three-wicket debut Despite slumping to an innings defeat before lunch on the third day of the first Test in St Lucia, West Indies had one undoubted silver lining in the form of their debutant fast bowler, Jayden Seales, whose fiery performance in a losing cause hinted
Report The 61-run defeat means the Gladiators now have just one win in seven matches Peshawar Zalmi 197 for 5 (Miller 73, Akmal 59, Powell 43*, Nawaz 2-33) beat Quetta Gladiators 136 for 9 (Sarfaraz 36*, Ayub 35, Irfan 3-27, Umaid 2-17) by 61 runs Peshawar Zalmi picked up their first win in the UAE
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News “The idea is for them to get exposure in England,” BCCI treasurer Arun Singh Dhumal says The BCCI has said the participation of its top women players in The Hundred in England will give them much needed experience and exposure to elite opposition ahead of the 50-overs World Cup in New Zealand next year.
News Head coach keeping open mind on selection changes: ‘If people are getting runs, I’ll be taking notice’ Chris Silverwood has admitted England were “obviously not good enough” as they stumbled to the brink of defeat in the LV=Insurance Test series against New Zealand. On a blameless batting track, England were 122 for 9 at
News From run-ins with fans to groundstaff, Shakib Al Hasan has made headlines for the wrong reasons several times Shakib Al Hasan has been banned for three matches following his blow-up at a Dhaka Premier League game, where he lashed out the stumps in anger twice during one match. This is not the first time
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Shakib Al Hasan misbehaved with the umpires in a local T20 game in Dhaka.© Instagram/Bangladesh Cricket Sakib Ummey Al Hasan, wife of Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, posted a stern reply relating to the controversial incidents involving her husband in a Dhaka Premier League match on Friday. She hinted at a possible “plot” against her
News BCB finds him guilty of abusing the umpires, groundstaff and equipment during June 11’s Dhaka Premier League T20 The BCB has suspended Shakib Al Hasan for three matches and fined him Taka 5 lakh (USD 5800 approx.), having found him guilty of abusing the umpires, groundstaff and equipment during June 11’s Dhaka Premier League