News This, however, could require a rejigging of various boards’ calendars The BCCI is honing in on the possibility of conducting the second half of IPL 2021 in the UAE in a window between September 18 and October 12. For that to happen, however, it would require a rejigging of various boards’ calendars, not least
News Before she can think of the pink ball, however, her immediate focus is on tackling the Dukes ball in England Smriti Mandhana has admitted that playing a day-night Test had been inconceivable to her until the announcement of India Women’s first-ever pink-ball Test, against Australia later this year. “Frankly, when I used to watch
News It is understood that spectators only need to wear masks when moving around inside the ground Around 18,000 spectators will be able to attend each of the first three days of the Edgbaston Test between England and New Zealand after the match was deemed a pilot event by the UK government. It was feared
News Fast bowler to start “intensive rehabilitation period” before review in four weeks Jofra Archer faces a race against time to be fit for the start of England’s Test series against India in August, following surgery on his long-standing right elbow problem last week. The ECB confirmed on Wednesday morning that Archer had undergone surgery
News James Bracey set to debut behind stumps, as England call up Billings, Hameed Ben Foakes has torn his left hamstring in a dressing-room accident and will miss the two-Test series against New Zealand, starting at Lord’s on June 2, with James Bracey set to debut in his place as wicketkeeper. Foakes, who had been
Report Mosaddek Hossain, who last played an ODI in July 2019, replaces Mohammad Mithun Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has chosen to bat first after winning the toss in the second ODI in Dhaka. The home side have made two changes, bringing in Shoriful Islam and Mosaddek Hossain in place of Taskin Ahmed and Mohammad Mithun
News Saifuddin had to be replaced after being hit on the helmet by a Dushmantha Chameera bouncer Mohammad Saifuddin, the Bangladesh allrounder, has been ruled out of the second ODI against Sri Lanka, being played on Tuesday in Mirpur, after suffering concussion when he was hit on his helmet by a delivery from Dushmantha Chameera.
News Mustafizur Rahman also breaks into the top ten, while Mushfiqur Rahim climbs to No.14 among batters Bangladesh offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz has risen to second place in the ICC’s rankings for bowlers in ODIs, becoming only the third bowler from his country to be ranked in the top two in the format. Miraz rose
Alex Wakely has retired from all forms of cricket.© Instagram Former Northamptonshire captain Alex Wakely on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect. Northamptonshire first-class cricketer number 453, Wakely represented the county on 371 occasions across all formats, scoring more than 12,000 runs. “I have thoroughly enjoyed my career and
The BCCI’s bid to shift the five-Test series between India and England, starting August 4, by a week in order to accommodate the remaining 31 IPL games has not met with any favourable response from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). While BCCI didn’t make any formal request as it was confirmed by the
Lasith Malinga’s last ODI | Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh 1st ODI – Match Highlights – In an all Malinga charged up farewell to the roar of ‘Mali, Mali’ by a packed to capacity 25,000 crowd and Malinga big screen digitals glistening in big letters, ‘Slinga, Our Pride’, Lasith Malinga signed off in ideal champagne style
News “Winning or losing today is not important. There’s no point bringing a good coach if this is their shot-selection” Nazmul Hassan, the BCB president, has called into question Bangladesh’s shot-selection in the first ODI against Sri Lanka, their preparation ahead of this series, and the merit of using Liton Das as an opener in
In an adorable post, wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha took to social media to wish his daughter Mia on her birthday. Saha recently recovered from COVID-19, after contracting it during IPL 2021, which has been postponed indefinitely midway through the season after several players, including Saha, tested positive for the deadly virus within the IPL bio-bubble. Posting
News Jamaica seamer was part of a training camp in St Lucia, ahead of the home season Jamaica seamer Marquino Mindley, who had been picked in West Indies’ 30-man squad for the high-performance training camp in St Lucia, ahead of the home Test series against South Africa, has tested positive for Covid-19. The 26-year old,
News Captain toasts success, but calls for an improved performance from his team “Winning is happiness.” Tamim Iqbal‘s croaky voice couldn’t hide the fact that he has just led Bangladesh to break a ten-match winless streak. Just how important it was for the team that beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs, was writ large on
Report Dickwella dropped, Rubel injured as teams rejig first XI Bangladesh opt to bat vs Sri Lanka Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat in the first ODI against Sri Lanka – the match going ahead after Sri Lanka endured a Covid scare overnight. As all members of the touring party are essentially clear
The Sri Lankan contingent are awaiting a second RT-PCR test © Getty Images Sri Lanka’s tour of Bangladesh is in doubt after two players and a coach from Sri Lanka’s contingent have tested positive for Covid-19 ahead of the first ODI against Bangladesh in Dhaka. The series opener, scheduled for Sunday, is unlikely to be
Andre Russell scored 222 runs for Jamaica Tallawahs in last year’s CPL.© Instagram West Indies all-rounders Andre Russell and Carlos Brathwaite are among the seven players who were on Saturday retained by Jamaica Tallawahs for the upcoming Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2021. The Jamaica Tallawahs announced their retentions for the 2021 CPL. The side has
India’s wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant launched six sixes and nine fours in a stunning display of striking on day two of the three-day tour match against Australia A at the SCG
Andre Russell had earlier said CPL 2020 would be his last season with the Jamaica Tallawahs © Getty Images Jamaica Tallawahs’ Andre Russell is among the high-profile retentions by franchises ahead of CPL 2021, which is set to be played entirely in St Kitts from September 19. Last April, Russell had called the Tallawahs the
Big Picture Sri Lanka will be desperately looking for ODI Super League points – they sit in the negative currently – while Bangladesh will be keen to bolster their own tally as the teams seek improvement in the ODI series starting Sunday in Dhaka. Both sides have played very few ODIs since the 2019 World
Multan Sultans have picked the West Indies batter Shimron Hetmyer to replace Bangladesh batter Mahmudullah in the platinum category for the remainder of the PSL 2021, which begins in the first week of June in Abu Dhabi. Several players are set to miss the remaining 20 games of the season for multiple reasons, including logistical
News The Lahore Qalandars have re-signed the legspinner after his replacement Shakib Al Hasan pulled out of the PSL Rashid Khan will re-join Lahore Qalandars for the remainder of this year’s Pakistan Super League, which is due to resume in Abu Dhabi in the first week of June. Khan played the first two games of
Khaled Mahmud, the former Bangladesh captain and current BCB director, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently isolating at home. Mahmud, 49, was the Bangladesh team director on their recent Test tour of Sri Lanka and was supposed to have the same role for the home ODI series that starts on Sunday, against the
News He also suggests players are unhappy with having to do fitness tests for future tours, in the middle of ongoing tours Much as they would like to focus solely on the Bangladesh series, Sri Lanka’s mens’ cricketers will probably have the ongoing contracts impasse with Sri Lanka Cricket at the back of their minds.
News “With the home advantage, we always start as favourites, but we can’t underestimate Sri Lanka” Bangladesh cannot afford to do anything different and should stick to their basics in the first of the three ODIs against Sri Lanka starting Sunday in Dhaka, according to the team’s head coach Russell Domingo. The home side has
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on the occasion of International Tea Day took to Twitter to share a picture of their captain MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina and West Indies’ star all-rounder Dwayne Bravo on Friday. In the picture, former India captain Dhoni can be seen with a cup in his hand while Suresh Raina is having
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News All 24 cricketers offered the new contracts have opposed the deals offered to them Sri Lanka’s men’s cricketers have refused to sign the contracts offered to them by Sri Lanka Cricket, citing a lack of transparency in the manner in which contract categories have been allocated. The players also expressed “shock and dismay” that
News Bowler suffering from “impingement” of joint but England hope for return against India Jofra Archer is set to miss a significant portion of the English season after a decision to operate on his troublesome right elbow. Having seen a specialist on Wednesday, the decision was taken for Archer to undergo surgery on Friday. Although