News Fast bowler has to quarantine despite having arrived from “secure bubble” Billy Stanlake, the Australia fast bowler, has been prevented from making his Derbyshire debut this week as the County Championship is not considered “elite sport”. Stanlake arrived in England on Sunday and was hoping to play in the Championship match against Nottinghamshire starting
News Cricket in South Africa will continue to be run by CSA once the new memorandum is adopted in next 48 hours Cricket South Africa has potentially avoided being derecognised and defunded by the country’s sports ministry after agreeing to adopt a new Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that will include a framework for a majority
Richardson played one game for RCB in IPL 2021 © BCCI The Australian pair of Kane Richardson and Adam Zampa, part of the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad have left the IPL. They will be returning to Australia for ‘personal reasons’, according to a statement by the franchise. Richardson and Zampa are the second and third
News It wasn’t the best of weeks for Australian players at the IPL with some being dropped and a couple of costly errors playing parts in defeats Cummins goes for plenty, scores a few Pat Cummins made a bigger impact with the bat this week than the ball. Off 7.5 overs in the two games
IPL 2021: Ravichandran Ashwin said he is taking a break from the ongoing season.© BCCI/IPL Delhi Capitals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that he is “taking a break” from Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 after the team’s Super Over win against SunRisers Hyderabad. Ashwin took to Twitter early on Monday to write that his family and
News Revamped batting approach yields Sri Lanka captain’s highest Test score Be patient until you get settled at the crease, then trust yourself to catch up on the scoring rate later. This, essentially, is what Dimuth Karunaratne told himself as he made a start on the innings that produced his highest Test score. Karunaratne’s 244
Report The hosts left out opening batter Tinashe Kamunhukamwe to make room for returning captain Sean Williams Toss Pakistan chose to bat vs Zimbabwe Zimbabwe will chase as they seek to win their first ever bilateral T20I series, after Babar Azam opted to bat on a new pitch in Harare. Although all three matches are
Report Sri Lanka were on the pursuit for quick runs on the fifth morning, moving to 648 for 8 and taking a 108-run lead Lunch Sri Lanka 648 for 8 dec (Karunaratne 244, de Silva 166) lead Bangladesh 541 for 7 by 107 runs Sri Lanka were on the pursuit for quick runs on the
News Dimuth Karunaratne and Dhananjaya de Silva kept the Bangladesh bowlers at bay on day four of the Pallekele Test Of the 25 occasions no wicket has fallen in an entire day of Test cricket, six instances belong to Sri Lanka. ESPNcricinfo relives those partnerships. Arjuna Ranatunga and Asanka GurusinhaDay 5 vs Pakistan, P Sara
IPL 2021: Chris Morris climbed to second on bowling chart after his four-wicket spell.© Twitter Rajasthan Royals got back to the winning ways after beating Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. Before the game, both teams were languishing at the bottom of the points table but RR
Day 1 Highlights | Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, 1st Test 2021
News Coach backs legspinner Hasaranga to give Bangladesh tough time in fourth innings Sri Lanka are still 29 runs behind Bangladesh’s first-innings total, but they think – or rather they hope – that they can still win the first Test, with one day left to play. The Pallekele surface continued to be abominably flat through
News Joint letter signed by staff including Graeme Smith, as crisis looms for national body Cricket South Africa’s staff have warned of more than 1,000 job losses if their organisation is derecognised by the country’s sports ministry, and have asked the Members’ Council and Inteirm Board to hold a “meeting of minds” to save the
Big picture It was about time the chickens would come home to roost on Pakistan’s middle order, but the manner of that reckoning was so grave even those predicting it were taken aback. A first-ever T20I loss to Zimbabwe, and the fourth-lowest total defended against a Full Member saw Pakistan bowled out for 99 in
The aggregate batting average on this Pallekele pitch can only be compared to the 1997 Test at the R Premadasa Stadium, in which Sri Lanka posted a world-record 952 for 6. After seeing his bowlers suffer for three days, Sachin Tendulkar called it unfit for Test cricket. Depending on how much more is scored in
News Kumara’s exit leaves Sri Lanka with only three frontline bowlers for the second innings Seamer Lahiru Kumara will not bowl again in the ongoing series against Bangladesh after picking up a hamstring injury while fielding on day three, in Pallekele. MRI scans on Friday evening confirmed the presence of the injury. He had bowled
News The board could well be stripped of its status as the game’s governing body in the country if the minister does intervene Cricket South Africa is on the verge of being stripped of its status as the game’s governing body in the country, with the sports minister preparing to intervene in the ongoing crisis
Report The pair put on 141 for the unbroken fourth wicket, as Karunaratne reached his 11th Test ton Sri Lanka 331 for 3 (Karunaratne 139*, Thirimanne 74*) trail Bangladesh 541 for 7 by 210 runs Dimuth Karunaratne reached his 11th Test century as Sri Lanka had a near-perfect session on the fourth morning. They are
News Franchise currently bottom amid injury and absence of three England squad members Rassie van der Dussen, the South Africa batsman, is expected to join the Rajasthan Royals for the 2021 IPL season, as a reinforcement for the England pair of Ben Stokes and Liam Livingstone, who have both withdrawn from this year’s tournament. It
News Trevor Hohns knows that those players also involved in the T20 World Cup will get very little red-ball preparation Australia’s national selector Trevor Hohns has admitted to being “very concerned” about the lack of Test cricket the team will play ahead of the Ashes next season. With the tour of South Africa last month
Sri Lanka captain Dimuth Karunaratne led his side’s bid to match Bangladesh’s mammoth score on a third day of batting domination in the first Test between the two nations on Friday. Karunaratne built an unbeaten 85 as Sri Lanka moved to 229 for three at the close, still needing 112 to avoid the follow-on after
News Will there be no South Africa in international cricket? If yes, why? Is there no way things can change? South Africa’s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa is on the verge of derecognising Cricket South Africa (CSA), and if that happens, CSA will not be the body that officially runs cricket in the country. That is
Babar Azam walks off the pitch after being dismissed by Blessing Muzarabani © AFP/Getty Images Pakistan’s struggles with middle order were laid bare in Harare on Friday as the team slumped to a 19-run defeat, with Zimbabwe bowling them out for 99. Wobbles in the middle order had been a worry for much of Pakistan’s
News Archer has been training with Sussex at Hove as he works his way back to fitness England fast bowler Jofra Archer will not be available for the Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 IPL. The decision was taken on Friday by the ECB who said Archer would be “stepping up” his training intensity after spending
News Full Members outside the WTC have been pushing for a more formalised “second division” for the WTC An enhanced structure for more multi-day cricket for Full Members outside the World Test Championship (WTC) and Associates could be a possibility in the next cricket calendar. Though the discussions, which took place last week at the
Report Pakistan replaced Haider Ali with Asif Ali, while Zimbabwe were also without Craig Ervine Pakistan choose to bowl vs Zimbabwe Zimbabwe will have to chase in an attempt to stay alive in the three-match T20I series against Pakistan after Babar Azam chose to bowl with a debutant seamer. Twenty-year old Arshad Iqbal will play
Mushfiqur Rahim’s steady fifty carried Bangladesh past 500 © AFP/Getty Images Bangladesh 541 for 7 dec (Shanto 163, Mominul 127, Tamim 90, Mushfiqur 68*, Das 50, Fernando 4-96) v Sri Lanka Bangladesh declared 90 minutes into the first session of the third day at 541-7. Mushfiqur Rahim was unbeaten on 68 as the visitors batted
Travis Head and Matthew Wade have lost their Cricket Australia contracts while allrounder Cameron Green has earned his first deal though Will Pucovski has not been included. Joe Burns, who lost his place during the series against India, and Mitchell Marsh have also been cut from last year’s original list with just 17 deals handed
IPL 2021: Devdutt Padikkal scored 101 off 52 deliveries against Rajasthan Royals.© BCCI/IPL After scoring his maiden IPL century, Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman Devdutt Padikkal said he was keen to contribute to the team’s win after he missed the first game of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season due to COVID-19. Padikkal had contracted
Dasun Shanaka scored his maiden half-century contributing massively to Sri Lanka’s score of 306-7 and when South Africa began their run chase for 191 of 21 overs played crucial roles on the field to restrict them to 187-9 to give Sri Lanka an exciting three-run win. ???? Follow on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/srilankacricket Twitter: https://twitter.com/officialslc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialslc