News Pat Cummins and Ben Stokes finished the year as the No. 1 Test bowler and allrounder respectively On the back of his Man-of-the-Match performance against Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson moved to No. 1 on the ICC Rankings for Test Batsmen in the final update of 2020. Williamson,
AUS v IND: Shardul Thakur made his Test debut against the West Indies in 2018.© AFP The Indian team management is likely to prefer Shardul Thakur over left-arm pace sensation Thangarasu Natarajan in the third Test against Australia in place of injured Umesh Yadav. According to sources, senior pacer Yadav is heading home for rehabilitation after
News Assistant coach Andrew McDonald backs rookie opener Will Pucovski to put in a good show too David Warner could play the third Test against India even if he’s not back to full fitness while trust will be put in Will Pucovski to determine whether he is ready for a debut in Sydney. The pair
News With next month’s series postponed, India women continue to be without cricket since March Cricket Australia has said that the three-match ODI series between Australia women and India women has been postponed to “next season”, dates pending. The series was scheduled for late January. The announcement follows ESPNcricinfo’s report that the BCCI wasn’t keen
News The selectors will name a new captain for the tour on Thursday Pakistan Women captain Bismah Maroof has withdrawn from next month’s tour of South Africa due to family reasons. Maroof was part of the training camp that started on December 20 in Karachi before she returned to Lahore to join her family on
News The incident occurred during Pakistan’s first innings at Mount Maunganui Kyle Jamieson will part with 25% of his match fee and has been docked one demerit point after he threw the ball towards Faheem Ashraf on the third day of New Zealand’s first Test against Pakistan. The act fell foul of Article 2.9 of
Keeping Steven Smith quiet has been one of the key factors in India’s strong showing against Australia in their ongoing series, which is tied 1-1 after both teams registered eight-wicket wins in Adelaide and Melbourne. So tight have India been to him that he hasn’t crossed double digits yet, with scores of 1, 1*, 0
News “Joe’s returns haven’t been what he or the selectors would like or what we consider he is capable of” Joe Burns has been dropped from Australia’s squad for the last two Tests against India, with David Warner and Will Pucovski both included. Burns made scores of 8, 51*, 0 and 4 in the opening
News Migael Pretorius released but South Africa can still pick from eight pace-bowling options Left-arm seamer Beuran Hendricks, who has played one Test for South Africa, has been added to their squad for the New Year’s Test at the Wanderers. Hendricks was part of the original 15-man squad that was announced on December 11 but
News Lahiru Kumara forced off the field as tourists’ injury problems continue in Centurion Sri Lanka’s coach, Mickey Arthur, is set to raise the issue of injury substitutions with the ICC after seeing two more of his players go down on day three of the first Test against South Africa in Centurion. Sri Lanka had
News Stand-in captain points to lack of runs at the top as an area of improvement for the second game Mohammad Rizwan, who led Pakistan in the absence of Babar Azam in the Boxing Day Test against New Zealand, was happy with his team for “fighting well” on the final day, when they batted 85.3
News NZ captain says the search for WTC points had made the team push harder for victory New Zealand’s dramatic win against Pakistan in the first Test, achieved with less than five overs remaining on the last day, had several notable contributions, but the one that will be remembered most perhaps is Neil Wagner’s effort
News Sanju Samson to lead the side, with Sachin Baby as his deputy Sreesanth has taken a big step towards a return to competitive cricket after a gap of close to eight years, as he was named in Kerala’s squad for the 2020-21 edition of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the national T20 tournament, which
News The selectors have made one call already, but there are a number of ways they could go for the next Test Australia will enter 2021 with plenty of questions over their batting line-up after making totals of 191, 195 and 200 in their completed innings in the first two Tests against India. There will
Australia rookie Cameron Green put up a fight with a well-made 45 but the home side could only manage a 69-run lead, which India rattled off with minimal fuss despite the early loss of two wickets. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND Tests: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND-Tests Follow us
Find out more at ecb.co.uk What a battle this was back in 2006! Murali, one of the greatest off spinners ever, locking horns with KP, one of the most greatest batsmen ever! Watch as KP and Murali play cat and mouse to produce a spectacular rivalry. This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch
New Zealand beat Pakistan by 101 runs on Wednesday after a thrilling finish to the first Test in Mount Maunganui, where the visitors were just 27 balls from pulling off a battling draw. Tail-enders Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah blocked for seven overs in fading light before Naseem was caught and bowled by spinner Mitchell
News South Africa coach concerned about workloads with Rabada having not played a Test since January Kagiso Rabada is not an automatic pick for the Wanderers Test despite his status as leader of the attack and the match being on his home ground. Rabada was added to South Africa’s squad after four weeks on the
Azhar Ali fell in the second over of the day’s play © Getty Images Lunch Pakistan 239 and 137 for 4 (Alam 48*, Rizwan 20*) need another 236 runs to beat New Zealand 431 and 180 for 5 dec An unbroken fifth-wicket stand between Fawad Alam and Mohammad Rizwan, so far spanning 25.3 overs, has
News ECB to appoint permanent staff member with player welfare brief England are set to recruit a dedicated staff member to look after their players’ mental wellbeing, in response to concerns about the consequences of having to spend extended periods in biosecure environments. England’s limited-overs tour of South Africa was cut short earlier this month,
Nick Hockley, Cricket Australia’s interim chief executive, and New South Wales health officials have insisted the SCG Test will be able to go ahead and be followed by the travel of teams, officials and broadcasters to Queensland for the final Test at the Gabba even as the current Covid-19 outbreaks in Sydney continue to spread
Report Half-centuries for Kusal Perera and Wanindu Hasaranga can’t prevent heavy loss South Africa 621 (du Plessis 199, Elgar 95, Maharaj 73, Bavuma 71, Markram 68) beat Sri Lanka 396 (Chandimal 85, de Silva 79, Shanaka 66*, Sipamla 4-76) and 180 (Perera 64, Hasaranga 59, Sipamla 2-24) by an innings and 45 runs South Africa’s
News Hosts have won more competitive Test matches against more competitive teams South Africa have won more competitive Test matches against more competitive teams than this Sri Lankan one – albeit that their fight was dimmed through injury and not fault of their own – but they will still savour this victory like it was
News The left-hand batsman scored 1296 Test runs at an average of 46.28 John Reid, the former New Zealand batsman, has died aged 64. The left-hand batsman played 19 Tests and 25 ODIs from 1979 to 1986, scoring 1296 and 633 runs in them respectively. His Test runs came at an average of 46.28, with
News Updates, analysis and colour from the fourth day of the Australia-India Test from Melbourne 2.50pm: India win by eight wickets Shubman Gill drives down the ground Getty Images Bowled out for 36. Virat Kohli goes home. Mohammed Shami out of the tour. Umesh Yadav limps from the attack. India had to overcome so much
Report The spinner picked up four wickets after the batsman had hammered 71 off 29 to set up a dominating win Sydney Thunder 7 for 219 (Hales 71, Ferguson 51, Zampa 3-49) beat Melbourne Stars 144 (Stoinis 27, Green 4-34, Sangha 2-17) by 75 runs Man of the Match Alex Hales sprinted to the fastest
News Fabian Allen and Shane Dowrich were unavailable because of personal reasons West Indies Test captain Jason Holder, limited-overs captain Kieron Pollard, and Test vice-captain Roston Chase are among ten players who have pulled out of the upcoming tour of Bangladesh amid Covid-19 concerns. Darren Bravo, Shamarh Brooks, Sheldon Cottrell, Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron
News “Never faced a situation like this,” says Sri Lanka captain after losing three members of six-man attack Sri Lanka were in such a good situation in the early stages of the first Test they could even have dominated had multiple injuries not hit. This, at least, was the view of Sri Lanka captain Dimuth
News Country moved into level three restrictions but international sport still allowed to take place The ongoing series between South Africa and Sri Lanka will continue despite the country moving to a stricter level of lockdown. In the face of an increasing number of Covid-19 infections, the South African government has moved the country from
News New Zealand quick becomes third from his country, after Hadlee and Vettori, to pick up 300 Test wickets Tim Southee has become only the third from New Zealand, after Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori, to get to the 300-wicket milestone, which he achieved with Haris Sohail’s scalp in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday. “It’s a