News Brendan Taylor and Craig Ervine return, but Sikandar Raza misses out because of injury Sean Williams will continue to lead Zimbabwe’s T20I side in their upcoming three-match series at home in Harare against Pakistan in the continued absence of their regular white-ball captain Chamu Chibhabha, who has been sidelined with a thigh injury since
Arthur feels he has identified the best players in the country for various Sri Lanka squads © AFP/Getty Images Wanindu Hasaranga, Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando and Lasith Embuldeniya – among others – could form the core of Sri Lanka’s team as they attempt to lift themselves out of poor rankings positions in all three formats
Waqar Younis hasn’t been back home in Sydney for ten months now © AFP/Getty Images Waqar Younis, Pakistan’s bowling coach, has been released from the squad to be with his wife, who will be undergoing a surgery soon, and will miss the series in Zimbabwe as a result. He is presently in Harare and will
News Mahela Jayawardene wants to make sure the allrounder “is completely in a position to come in and bowl” Hardik Pandya, who has a shoulder niggle, could be ready to bowl in the next few weeks, according to the Mumbai Indians head coach Mahela Jayawardene, but the team “don’t want to risk it” in the
News No immediate impact on IPL participants, but quarantine periods may affect future engagements The ECB are confident they will be able to fulfil their home international fixture programme despite India being added to the ‘red list’ of countries from which most travel to the UK has been banned due to fears of a new
News Catch up with how the Australian names have gone in the opening stages of this year’s IPL Maxwell’s revival Last year’s IPL was a forgettable one for Glenn Maxwell as he tallied just 108 runs in 11 innings for Kings XI – without hitting a single six – and was subsequently let go. That
The Youth Boxing World Championships is taking place in Kielce, Poland.© AFP India’s Poonam entered the semifinals of the featherweight (57kg) category while five of her compatriots advanced to the quarterfinals of the Youth Boxing World Championships after securing comfortable wins in their last-16 stage bouts in Kielce, Poland. Poonam, who has never lost a
News Discussions have already begun, and the two are set to catch up again during the IPL AB de Villiers is keen to play the T20 World Cup in India later this year, and is scheduled to discuss the subject with Mark Boucher, the national-team coach, during the course of the IPL. However, he understands
Body language, and putting on an act were among the “four points” AB de Villiers discussed with Virat Kohli when the Indian captain made a “special call” after the second T20I against England in Ahmedabad, where he helped India chase down a target with an unbeaten 73. Kohli made the call because of a “lack
News Sports minister Nathi Mthethwa can withdraw funding and no longer officially recognise CSA as the governing body of cricket Cricket South Africa will face intervention from the country’s sports minister Nathi Mthethwa after failing to agree on a Memorandum of Incorporation (MOI) that will set out the blueprint for a majority independent board on
Haider Ali didn’t enjoy too much success in his new role at No. 5 during the South Africa tour © Getty Images While the top-order trio of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman shone brightly during Pakistan’s 3-1 T20I series win in South Africa, the performances of the middle and lower order weren’t quite
IPL 2021: With two wins from three matches, Mumbai Indians climbed to the top of the points table.© BCCI/IPL Mumbai Indians once again proved why they are the most successful franchise in the IPL, scripting yet another remarkable turnaround to beat SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) by 13 runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday. Despite a
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News However, the head coach cautions against knee-jerk reactions following the 1-3 T20I series defeat against Pakistan Head coach Mark Boucher has accepted “a massive amount of responsibility,” for South Africa losing eight out of their 11 series in his time in charge so far but believes the national men’s team is “on the right
News Pakistan allrounder is set to become first beneficiary of the board’s maternity leave plans Pakistan batting allrounder Bismah Maroof is taking an indefinite break from cricket as she prepares to embrace motherhood. And the PCB is likely to use the opportunity to introduce pregnancy provisions in its central contracts system for the first time.
News “However, whether the fans can travel across the border to watch matches is still not clear” Pakistan’s cricket players will get visas to compete in the upcoming T20 World Cup in India this October, the BCCI’s apex council has been told by the booard secretary Jay Shah following “government assurances”. Shah spoke to the
Punjab Kings might have lost their second game in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) but skipper KL Rahul wants his side to learn from the mistake they made against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and bounce back stronger in the tournament. Right-arm pacer Deepak Chahar picked four wickets before Faf du Plessis and Moeen Ali
News “The way Fakhar performed stood out obviously, but I think we should pay credit to the bowlers, too” It might have hung in the balance for longer than was necessary, but that made Pakistan’s T20I series win in South Africa all the more pleasing for captain Babar Azam. When Mohammad Nawaz smacked a six
News Nortje had to spend an extended time in quarantine after a false positive test Fast bowler Anrich Nortje is out of quarantine after testing negative for Covid-19 and has been declared fit for selection for the Delhi Capitals’ next match, on April 18 against Punjab Kings. He will have his first nets on Friday
Report Visitors unchanged; hosts bring in Bjorn Fortuin and Wiaan Mulder for Beuran Hendricks and Pite van Biljon Toss Pakistan chose to bowl vs South Africa With Pakistan looking to add the T20I series trophy to the one they won for the ODIs on this tour of South Africa, Babar Azam won the toss asked
News Allrounder requires surgery on left index finger ruling him out for up to 12 weeks Ben Stokes looks set to miss England’s Test series against New Zealand in June after the ECB said that he would require surgery on his broken finger, putting him out for up to 12 weeks. The England allrounder underwent
News He played four Tests for Australia and was within 11 runs of a century on debut in 2014 Tasmania batter Alex Doolan, who played four Tests for Australia, has announced his retirement. He finishes with 6824 runs in first-class cricket, of which 5978 came in the Sheffield Shield putting him eighth on the list
IPL 2021: Jaydev Unadkat claimed three wickets against Delhi Capitals.© Twitter Rajasthan Royals (RR), after edging Delhi Capitals (DC) by three wickets in their second league match, registered their first two points of the campaign and climbed to the fifth spot on the IPL 2021 Points Table. Delhi Capitals, who began the match as a
Big picture The end of South Africa’s summer is approaching and they have everything to play for. Although victory in the fourth and final T20I against Pakistan won’t give them a second trophy this season, it will mean they will share the spoils in a series where they were without seven first-choice players, and could
News Shubman Gill, Axar Patel and Mohammed Siraj are new entrants, while Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur have earned promotions Wristspinners Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, who were a crucial part of India’s white-ball plans in the lead-up to the 50-over World Cup in 2019, have suffered demotions in the BCCI’s list of centrally contracted
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News Batter should be fit in time for T20 Blast campaign as he works on rehab alongside Archer Phil Salt, the Sussex batsman, has been ruled out until the end of May due to a cycling injury. Sussex announced on Thursday that Salt had broken a bone in his right foot, which was confirmed after
News “What we’ve seen during Covid is the drop off in the amount of international cricket in the women’s game” Any push to increase the amount of Test cricket in the women’s game would need to be balanced against the wider development of the sport, according to Australia selector and female high-performance manager Shawn Flegler.
News Agarwal was also the corruptor who had contacted Shakib Al Hasan ‘Mr X’, who gave Heath Streak two bitcoins while also presenting the former Zimbabwe captain with an expensive phone for his wife, is understood to be Indian businessman Deepak Agarwal, who was banned last year until 2022 by the ICC for breaching various
News Allrounder Kimmince played 16 ODIs and 44 T20Is after making her Australia debut in 2008 Fast bowler Darcie Brown has been handed her first Cricket Australia contract in the one change from last year’s list replacing Delissa Kimmince who has announced her retirement. Brown, 18, made her Australia debut in T20Is and ODIs on