News “Whichever opportunity I get to be back at the ground, I will be really eager for that” Mumbai-based left-arm spinner Ankeet Chavan has been cleared by the BCCI to resume playing professional cricket after he received a revocation letter from the board that confirmed his ban – originally for life – had been reduced
Pat Cummins is among those who won’t be in West Indies or Bangladesh © Getty Images David Warner, Pat Cummins and Glenn Maxwell are among six players to have opted out of Australia’s tours of West Indies and Bangladesh while Steven Smith will miss the trips due to an elbow injury. Jhye Richardson, Kane Richardson
News Barbadian fast bowler has UK passport and impressed on trial with 2nd XI Warwickshire look set to pull off something of a coup in signing Che Simmons, a young fast bowler who has been dubbed the “new Jofra Archer”. Simmons, a 17-year-old seamer, was born and raised in Barbados. But he also holds a
News South Africa fast bowler becomes latest international player to withdraw The Hundred is set to lose more big-name players as the competition battles to compete with international schedules and bubble fatigue. Days after it emerged that David Warner, Marcus Stoinis and Sophie Devine had pulled out, ESPNcricinfo understands that Kagiso Rabada is also withdrawing.
News Shardul Thakur, Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Mayank Agarwal and KL Rahul left out India’s opening combination for the WTC final against New Zealand has possibly been finalised, with Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma the only regular opening batters in the final 15, named on Tuesday evening. Hanuma Vihari, who India have often turned to
WTC Final: India need to excel in all three departments to beat New Zealand, Sachin Tendulkar said.© Instagram Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar expects a tough contest when India face New Zealand in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship. He said that New Zealand will adjust to the conditions in England faster, but despite
News South Africa created 14 catching chances in the first Test against West Indies and took 13 of them Dean Elgar had asked for centuries and five-fors in his first series in charge of South Africa’s Test team and, so far, Quinton de Kock, Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada have delivered. Though he didn’t say
Play 00:52 Five batters and two spinners? Aakash Chopra’s India XI for WTC final VVS Laxman has offered two tips to Rohit Sharma ahead of the World Test Championship final against New Zealand starting Friday: know where your off stump is to leave the ball outside off and don’t take the left leg across too
News “Maybe in the coming years it might also lead to a World Test Championship [for women]. You never know.” Mithali Raj believes India Women’s return to Test cricket after a gap of nearly seven years could pave the way for multi-format, points-based bilateral series becoming a regular feature on the women’s cricket calendar. This,
Preview First Test encounter for seven years sets the scene for multi-format series Big picture They call it the seven-year itch and after so long in the Test match wilderness, India are ready for a change of scene which they and their opponents, England, hope will be anything but dull or scratchy. So rare are
News Daryl Mitchell, Doug Bracewell, Jacob Duffy and Rachin Ravindra also left out Ajaz Patel‘s impressive performance against England at Edgbaston has earned him the spin-bowling position ahead of Mitchell Santner in New Zealand’s final 15-player squad for the World Test Championship final. Daryl Mitchell, who also played in the second Test, is another to
Play 02:43 ‘Because of the struggles of past Indian women’s cricketers, we have this opportunity’ – Harmanpreet Kaur Harmanpreet Kaur believes that a lack of adequate game time in the longest format in the lead-up to India Women’s return to Test cricket after nearly seven years can be offset in some measure by cultivating a
Graham Thorpe, England’s assistant coach, has called on his team’s young batters to prove their “desperation” to stay in the Test team, after New Zealand’s eight-wicket win at Edgbaston on Sunday completed their first series victory in this country since 1999, and England’s first loss on home soil in seven years. Thorpe, who was a
India women’s Test vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Monday said the players picked the brains of men’s Test team deputy Ajinkya Rahane ahead of the one-off Test match against England. India and England women will face each other in a one-off Test beginning June 16 at Bristol. After that, both sides will square off in three
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File photo: Zimbabwe Cricket will appeal to permit the national men’s team to continue preparations for next month’s Ireland tour © Abu Dhabi Cricket The ongoing unofficial Test match between Zimbabwe A and South Africa A in Harare has been suspended, after a directive from the Zimbabwean government in light of rising Covid-19 cases, but
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