Big picture Shall we talk about the cricket for a bit, then? Let’s park the timeline mining and the urge to be outraged by every less-than-savoury comment ever committed to the Twittersphere, and focus on the reason why such remarks from England’s senior sports stars are held to a higher standard than the rest of
News The 19-year-old Trinidad & Tobago quick could make his Test debut despite having played just one first-class match Jayden Seales has played just one first-class match, but the 19-year-old quick has impressed the West Indies selectors enough to be drafted into the 13-man shortlist for the first Test against South Africa. It’s already “a
Preview It’s an opportunity for both South Africa and West Indies to find form and test out combinations Big picture Hello strangers. West Indies and South Africa meet so seldomly that they may wonder if the other still plays international cricket and they are about to find out they do, and quite similarly. While their
News Captain hopes that fans can inspire team after criticism for negativity at Lord’s Joe Root, England’s captain, hopes that the return of a near-capacity crowd for the second Test at Edgbaston can inspire his players to find their inner “showman”, and scotch suggestions that they are a negative team, in the wake of their
News Players will participate in another ‘moment of unity’ as ECB investigate unsavoury social media histories England will reaffirm their commitment to making cricket a more representative and inclusive sport by wearing anti-discrimination t-shirts in another ‘moment of unity’ on the morning of the second Test at Edgbaston. The move comes at the end of
Jason Holder captained West Indies in 37 Tests.© AFP Jason Holder has revealed that he was in shock when he was relieved from the West Indies Test captaincy and said that he now wants to focus more on his game and be a sounding board for youngsters looking for guidance. Holder, 29, who is among
West Indies are likely to take a knee at the start of each of the two Tests against South Africa © Getty Images Almost a year to the day that West Indies became one of the first two international cricket sides to take a knee in support of Black Lives Matter, their former captain Jason
Kane Williamson will play no part in the second Test against England © PA Images via Getty Images Kane Williamson, the New Zealand captain, has been ruled out of the second Test against England at Edgbaston because of a persistent elbow injury. Williamson had to miss an ODI series against Bangladesh earlier this year because
News Tuesday’s hearing was attended by captain Shakib and the CCDM chairman among others The BCB has decided to issue a notice to Mohammedan Sporting Club about their June 4 biosecure bubble breach during the ongoing Dhaka Premier League, following a hearing held on Tuesday. The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) chairman Kazi Inam
Adam Milne played for Kent in the Blast between 2017 and 2019 © Getty Images Kent have signed Adam Milne, the New Zealand pace bowler, as a replacement for Mohammad Amir, whose Pakistan Super League commitments will prevent him from appearing in the Vitality Blast. Amir had been due to play for Kent in the
Few players have married skill and longevity to quite such staggering effect as James Anderson, who stands to overtake Alastair Cook as England’s most-capped Test cricketer this week, if selected for his 162nd appearance against New Zealand in the second Test at Edgbaston. But, as he reflected on his 18-year journey from a raw but
News Roston Chase and Kieran Powell also named, Darren Bravo misses out Shai Hope has been picked in West Indies’ squad for the first Test against South Africa, and could make a return to their Test XI after being dropped last year. Trinidad & Tobago’s Jayden Seales, the 19-year-old rookie fast bowler, has also made
Dhananjaya Lakshan was among the breakout stars of the inaugural LPL © AFP Left-arm spinner Praveen Jayawickrama, and allrounders Dhananjaya Lakshan, Charith Asalanka, and Ishan Jayaratne are the surprise entrants to Sri Lanka men’s 24-member squad for the limited-overs tour of England. Although Sri Lanka have again insisted on picking young players, omitting Angelo Mathews,
News Wasim had bowled just 13 overs in five matches in the first leg of PSL 2021 Imad Wasim, the Karachi Kings captain, has defended his own limited role in the champions’ defence of their title this season. With the sixth season set to resume from Wednesday, the Kings are top of the table but
News Mitchell Santner, meanwhile, has been ruled out of the next game with a finger injury New Zealand spin-bowling allrounder Mitchell Santner has been sidelined from the Edgbaston Test with a finger injury. His captain Kane Williamson is also under an injury cloud, having sustained an elbow niggle ahead of the second Test, which starts
James Anderson takes a breather in training at Edgbaston © Getty Images James Anderson says that England’s players are committed to “improving ourselves as people”, as the build-up towards Thursday’s second LV= Insurance Test against New Zealand at Edgbaston continues to be overshadowed by Ollie Robinson‘s suspension for a series of historic offensive posts on
News Seamer returns to Australia after playing in six Championship matches Peter Siddle has returned to Australia for personal reasons, cutting short his spell in county cricket with Essex. The former Australia seamer, who was awarded his county cap last month, had been expected to play a full season at Chelmsford, after his 2020 deal
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James Anderson said on Tuesday England’s cricketers were trying to learn lessons during a “difficult time” after paceman Ollie Robinson was suspended over historical racist and sexist tweets. Robinson’s international career is on hold after last week’s successful Test debut against New Zealand pending an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) investigation into social media
News Solitary change to 17-person group ahead of home series against India Sophia Dunkley, the South East Stars allrounder, has replaced Kirstie Gordon in the only change to England Women’s central contracts list for the year 2021-22. Dunkley has played in each of England’s last five T20Is after impressing in the bio-secure bubble in Derby
News Cameron Green, Ben McDermott, Nathan Ellis, Wes Agar and Ashton Turner have been added to the line-up as well Dan Christian has been added to the initial Australia white-ball squad ahead of the tours of the West Indies and Bangladesh. The selectors have brought in six further names to the large preliminary group of
News The allrounder is now back with the New Zealand squad and has no plans to ditch the captaincy New Zealand captain Sophie Devine has opened up on her decision to take a break from the game at the end of last season, with her fatigue having reached a point where she did not feel
News Allrounder in line for first Durham appearance since 2018 after finger injury Ben Stokes is set to play his first T20 Blast game for nearly three years next week when he makes his comeback from the finger injury he suffered in the IPL. The early stages of the Blast, which begins on Wednesday, will
News SLC commits to making evaluation marks available to each player upon UK return Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers have agreed to tour England uncontracted, after Sri Lanka Cricket committed to revealing specifics about the player evaluations that form the basis of the board’s new proposed contract scheme. The cricketers have long contended that the methodology
News Unnamed player was under 16 at the time of offensive social media posts More historic tweets of a discriminatory nature from a player involved with the England men’s squad have emerged. A day after the ECB announced the suspension of Ollie Robinson pending a disciplinary investigation, Wisden.com published tweets from another player within the
News Senior Bangladesh batter will be available for the one-off Test and the three ODIs Mushfiqur Rahim has informed Bangladesh’s selectors that he wants to opt out of playing the T20Is against Zimbabwe next month. The BCB hasn’t approved his request yet but in recent months they have been understanding of the strain placed on
In a snippet from the upcoming documentary series ‘The Test’, see how the Australian players dealt with the rowdy England fans during the away Ashes tour. Don’t miss The Test, streaming March 12 on Amazon Prime Video.
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England were fined 40 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate.© AFP Joe Root-led England on Monday were fined 40 per cent of their match fees for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the first Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Chris Broad of the ICC Elite Panel of Match