News Scheme run by Lord’s Taverners will make Super 1s and table cricket available in every county The ECB has committed £2 million to ensure disability cricket is accessible in every county in England and Wales. The scheme, which will be run by the Lord’s Taverners, is believed to be the biggest investment ever made
Andre Russell will replace Tom Banton in the Quetta Gladiators roster © BCCI/IPL The Lahore Qalandars have picked up allrounder Shakib Al Hasan as their replacement for Rashid Khan for the remainder of PSL 2021. The Karachi Kings snapped up Martin Guptill to fill in for Colin Ingram, while the Quetta Gladiators picked Andre Russell
Report Both teams are different, focusing on their own strengths, but they still seemed rather skeptical of the pitch Sri Lanka chose to bat vs Bangladesh Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne chose to bat against Bangladesh in the second Test in Pallekele. The pitch had a greenish look, but the home side has chosen two
News There were concerns the pair could be stranded after the government’s suspension of flights from India Adam Zampa and Kane Richardson have managed to leave India after pulling out of the IPL. Zampa and Richardson, team-mates for Royal Challengers Bangalore, were expected home in Australia later on Thursday, a spokesman for the Australian Cricketers’
After a seven-wicket defeat against Chennai Super Kings, SunRisers Hyderabad skipper David Warner took responsibility for his slow knock of 57 off 55 balls which reduced the team’s total, limiting them to a below-par total in the first innings. A late onslaught from Kane Williamson (26* off 10) and fifties from Manish Pandey (61) and
Colin Ackermann takes an incredible 7/18 for Leicestershire against the Birmingham Bears – the best ever bowling figures in T20 cricket! Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting
News His ban has been backdated to November 31, 2018, when he was provisionally suspended Former Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Zoysa has been banned for six years from all cricket for breaching three offences in the ICC anti-corruption code. In November last year, Zoysa was found guilty of offences related to: Article 2.1.1 “for
Big Picture For the first time since 2017, Zimbabwe have the chance to play Test cricket against a side other than Afghanistan or Bangladesh. While that might be welcome in itself, the home side showed enough against Pakistan in the shorter formats to aspire to more than just a participation trophy in the upcoming two-match
News Visitors will be boosted at Hove this week by return of Liam Livingstone from IPL James Anderson will miss Lancashire’s County Championship fixture against Sussex this week as he continues to manage a minor calf injury. England have been managing the workloads of their centrally contracted players carefully – and their bowlers in particular
Russell Domingo talks to Mominul Haque and Tamim Iqbal © AFP via Getty Images Bangladesh need a change in mindset to push towards winning Test matches rather than be satisfied with draws, their head coach Russell Domingo has said. The result of the first Test in Pallekele – the first draw in 29 Tests played
Big picture After 28 consecutive result Tests in Sri Lanka – a glorious run stretching back to 2014 and a world record (by a distance) for any Test-hosting country – the first Test between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was essentially trash from start to finish. The surface was slow from the outset, there was little
Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa had threatened to strip CSA of its status as the game’s national governing body © Gallo Images/Getty Images CSA’s Members’ Council has unanimously agreed to amend the organisation’s Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) to develop a framework for a majority independent board, which should avoid the game being derecognised and defunded by
News Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva move up in Test batting rankings Mohammad Rizwan continued his rapid rise as a T20I batter by entering the top 10 in the ICC rankings on the back of his player-of-the-series performance in Zimbabwe. Rizwan hit 82* and 91* in the two matches Pakistan won, and
Preview Rajasthan Royals, too, will be hoping for a change of fortunes having struggled with the ball at the death Big picture 7.45. That’s the Mumbai Indians’ scoring rate in the death overs this season. No team has done as badly in that phase so far this season. Mumbai have never performed as badly in
English cricket has joined football in the fight against online abuse © ESPNcricinfo Ltd English cricket has announced that it will take part in a social media boycott this weekend in a “show of solidarity against online abuse”. Leading English football clubs and organisations released a statement on Saturday to announce that they would boycott
News “It’s possible that if we try to reduce his rate of scoring, the chances of him making a mistake are higher” Try to get him lbw early. Try to get him out with offspin. And if none of that works, dry up the runs. This, according to captain Dimuth Karunaratne, is Sri Lanka’s plan
News It is understood BCCI officials have internally acknowledged the several logistical challenges during the second wave of Covid-19 The BCCI is likely to postpone the fourth edition of the Women’s T20 Challenge owing to the potential unavailability of overseas players in the wake of restrictions imposed by several countries on travel to and from
IPL 2021: Virat Kohli was all praise for AB de Villiers for his sensational knock vs Delhi Capitals.© BCCI/IPL Royal Challengers Bangalore edged Delhi Capitals by one run in a nail-biting contest at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. Defending 14 runs in the final over, Mohammed Siraj bowled brilliantly to help his
Day 5 Highlights | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 1st Test 2021
The CPL was the first of the major franchise tournament to resume operations since the start of the pandemic © Getty Images The 2021 Caribbean Premier League will be hosted entirely at Warner Park in St. Kitts, beginning on August 28. The 33-match tournament will allow fans to attend at up to 50% capacity of
News Says teams are not playing to win, but for “something far more important, humanity” The BCCI has told the eight teams in the IPL that they will not just be playing to win this time, but for something “much more important…humanity.” Reassuring the franchises that everyone’s safety was the priority, the BCCI also confirmed
News The pair named as replacements for the injured Lahiru Kumara and Dilshan Madushanka Left-arm wristspinner Lakshan Sandakan and fast bowler Chamika Karunaratne have been added to Sri Lanka’s squad for the second Test against Bangladesh as replacements for Lahiru Kumara and Dilshan Madushanka, who have been ruled out due to injury. Kumara picked up
News Left-arm pacer played only two matches for Sunrisers Hyderabad before leaving the team bubble India and Sunrisers Hyderabad left-arm pacer T Natarajan has undergone surgery on his knee for the injury that put him out of the ongoing IPL 2021. Natarajan had injured his knee first during India’s tour of Australia at the turn
News Mumbai Indians opener also says they would be “getting vaccinated next week” Mumbai Indians opener Chris Lynn has urged Cricket Australia (CA) to arrange for a chartered flight to bring him and his countrymen home on the conclusion of the ongoing IPL. Lynn was speaking following a deadly surge of Coid-19 cases in India,
News “As players, we are privileged to have a platform that allows us to reach millions of people that we can use for good” The Kolkata Knight Riders’ Australian fast bowler Pat Cummins has donated $50,000 “specifically to purchase oxygen supplies for India’s hospitals” to PM Cares, a fund-raising scheme set up by the prime
Edgbaston will host the women’s T20 event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games © Getty Images Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, England and a nation from the Caribbean have all qualified for the women’s event 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Women’s cricket will feature at the Games for the first time, and cricket for
IPL 2021: Eoin Morgan played a match-winning knock as KKR beat Punjab Kings.© BCCI/IPL Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Eoin Morgan, one of the most respected voices in international cricket, on Monday acknowledged that the players are more than aware of the horrific nature of the COVID-19 pandemic which is claiming hundreds of lives outside the
Luke Jongwe picked up nine wickets in the three T20Is against Pakistan © AFP/Getty Images Zimbabwe have named five uncapped players – Luke Jongwe, Richard Ngarava, Roy Kaia, Milton Shumba and Tanaka Chivanga – in their 16-man squad for the series of two Tests against Pakistan, the first of which starts in Harare on April
The Pakistan Super League (PSL) will conduct a replacement draft for the six teams to complete their squads ahead of the resumption of the 2021 edition of the tournament, which had been suspended after 14 matches following a spate of Covid-19 cases among players and support staffers. The remainder of the tournament will be played
News IPL franchises had enquired about Topley but change to rules meant he had to stay with Surrey A new cut-off date for county players to sign IPL contracts stopped Reece Topley becoming a late injury replacement in this year’s competition. In 2018, county coaches and directors of cricket called a crisis meeting at Edgbaston