News Batting coach Grant Flower reckons SL’s inexperience has played a role in their first series loss against Bangladesh The lack of experience in the top order may have played a role in Sri Lanka’s poor batting performances in Bangladesh. And the door’s not closed on the seniors who were left out of this series.
News England players will not be released for tournament restart, says ECB director of cricket England are not planning on making any changes to their plans to accommodate the IPL, according to Ashley Giles. While Giles, the managing director of England men’s cricket, admitted some players may be rested from the tours of Bangladesh and
Preview Sri Lanka’s top order have lacked runs, while Bangladesh’s bowlers have hunted in a pack Big Picture Although they are 2-0 up and have sealed the series, Bangladesh will not allow themselves to relax in the third ODI against Sri Lanka in Dhaka. The home team has just got out of a ten-match winless
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer and former England captain Michael Vaughan have been engaged in Twitter feud ever since India came back from behind to win the Test series in Australia 2-1 earlier this year. Vaughan had made a prediction that Australia would win the series 4-0, and Jaffer was among the first to rub
News Meanwhile, the Pandya brothers are also dispatching oxygen concentrators to the centres dealing with the crisis The BCCI will contribute 2000 10-litre oxygen concentrators towards India’s efforts in fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic. India is currently facing a second wave of infections, recording 250,000 new cases every day on average for the last seven
News ‘I planned so that the batsmen couldn’t dominate me, even if I didn’t take wickets,’ says Bangladesh offspinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz believes that his appetite to play in all three formats is the reason for his climb up to No. 2 in the ICC’s rankings for bowlers in ODIs. He is only the third
Preview The visitors are currently 12th on the ODI Super League table with no wins in four games Big Picture Senior players. Who needs ’em? Bangladesh would argue they do. Although Sri Lanka had their batting line-up stuttering at 99 for 4 in the first ODI on Sunday, Mushfiqur Rahim and Mahmudullah called upon their
News Afridi was ruled out with a back injury, while a Covid-19 violation cost Naseem Shah his involvement in the league Multan Sultans allrounder Shahid Afridi will not play any part in the remainder of the Pakistan Super League after being sidelined with a lower-back injury. The Sultans announced he felt pain in his lower
Anwar Ali has been shifted to the separate floor within the hotel in Karachi where he will isolate for a minimum of ten days © AFP/Getty Images Anwar Ali, the Quetta Gladiators fast bowler, has tested positive for Covid-19, and will now miss the flight bound for Abu Dhabi to take part in the remainder
News Teams bracing for a “difficult but not impossible” time as temperatures expected to rise to 40 degrees Celsius during the day Coconut water, ice collars and vests, and more breaks. Those are just some of the ways in which Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises will combat the extreme weather conditions the players are set
News “When everyone left and I was the only overseas player left in India, that’s when it got real for me” “The world stops a little bit,” a visibly emotional Tim Seifert said as he recounted his experience of testing positive and then being treated for Covid-19 in India earlier this month. Seifert, the only
News Fast bowler also “mindful” of not wanting “to go searching too much” with the Dukes Ball New Zealand fast bowler Kyle Jamieson will have “conversations” with his fellow quicks about the Duke ball and be “mindful” of how it behaves during the upcoming tour of England. One big reason for New Zealand’s consistency in
News The BCCI on Monday asked the players to raise invoices to get their share Nearly 15 months after they finished runners-up in the T20 World Cup, the India Women squad will finally receive its share of the prize money amounting to USD 500,000 (INR 3.5 crore approximately). ESPNcricinfo has learned that the BCCI on
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