Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Virat Kohli is one of the world’s greatest players and he showed his potential from the very start. Cast your mind back to 2011 when he scored his first hundred on British soil. This knock surprisingly remains his only hundred in the UK, but that is
Avishka Fernando’s 82 Runs vs Bangladesh – 2nd ODI at RPICS Colombo
News The Karnataka pacer has been around for a while, and is clearly in the larger pool of players for India now Prasidh Krishna‘s pace and nip have earned him a spot in India’s 18-member ODI squad for the series against England, and given the rest of the members of the squad, Krishna is the
Big Picture Here we go then, this is the contest that makes all the agonies and frustrations of recent months worthwhile. In the midst of a pandemic, we’ve got a treat in store. The world’s top-two ranked teams going head to head in a contest that, to judge by the ding-dong battle we’ve enjoyed so
Report Bangladesh have given a debut to allrounder Mahedi Hasan New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl against Bangladesh New Zealand have handed out three ODI debuts as they return to the format for the first time in a year with Devon Conway, Will Young and Daryl Mitchell all lining up against Bangladesh
News With CSA’s domestic structure changing, this means the Lions, Knights, Warriors and Cobras have played their last matches The Dolphins and Titans have qualified for South Africa’s first-class final, which will be played over five days in Durban next week and marks the end of the franchise era. That means the four other teams
Babar Azam and Sharjeel Khan bat together on the tour of Ireland in 2016 © Getty Images Babar Azam has backed returning opening batsman Sharjeel Khan to deliver despite concerns over his fitness, which the Pakistan captain agreed is “not great”. He insisted, however, that Khan remains a match-winner, which is why he is a
News Kaur had suffered a hip-flexor injury in the fifth ODI against SA India women’s T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur has been ruled out of the T20I series opener against South Africa on Saturday in Lucknow due to an injury. In her absence, Smriti Mandhana will lead the side in what will be their first appearance
News Governing body outlines prospects for grassroots game in 2021, subject to government updates March 29 has been earmarked as the date for club cricket’s return in England, according to the updated Covid-19 roadmap issued by the ECB. A final decision is set to be taken on March 22, but according to Step 1 (B)
News The tour was postponed in September 2020 after Bangladesh did not agree to spend 14 days in quarantine Bangladesh’s two-Test tour of Sri Lanka is set to begin on April 21, with both matches scheduled to be played in Pallekele. The series had originally been slated to be played last October, but was postponed
Report Zimbabwe have also fielded the same XI that lost the first game by 48 runs Afghanistan have named an unchanged playing XI and opted for first strike after winning the toss in the second T20I against Zimbabwe – who also fielded the same XI as in the first game – in Abu Dhabi on
Report The team was all out for 172 in the first innings despite having nine batsmen in the practice-match line-up Sri Lanka XI 172 (Fernando 47, Chandimal 40, Phillip 3-47, Roach 2-41) and 56 for 0 (Karunaratne 27*, Thirimanne 23*) drew with West Indies President’s XI 294 (Hope 68, Mayers 57, Chase 52, de Silva
News The three matches will be played in Pune between March 23 and 28 M Prasidh Krishna is the brand new face in the Indian ODI squad, which was named on Friday morning for the upcoming three-match series against England. The 18-member squad also includes Suryakumar Yadav, who made a rousing start to his international
Big Picture Bangladesh believe that this ODI series is their best opportunity to finally win in New Zealand. The first game in Dunedin in particular, when New Zealand are without two of their most experienced batsmen and captain, is going to be a golden chance for the visitors, who have also claimed that the preparation
Suryakumar Yadav scored his maiden T20I half-century against England on Thursday.© BCCI India’s squad for the upcoming three-match One-Day International series (ODIs) was announced on Friday. Suryakumar Yadav, Prasidh Krishna and Krunal Pandya earned their maiden call-up to the Indian ODI side. Squad: Virat Kohli (Capt), Rohit Sharma (vc), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, Shreyas, Suryakumar
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Ground boys take two Magnificent catches during SL vs England series.
News The whole tournament will take place in Karachi, with bio-security outsourced to a UK-based company The window for the unfinished 2021 edition of the Pakistan Super League is likely to begin on May 23, with at least seven days of quarantine to start. The PCB had chalked out two options, with one involving double-headers
News The Indian captain hurt himself while fielding during England’s chase India captain Virat Kohli says he “should be fine” for the final T20I after he “aggravated” an upper quad (thigh) muscle while fielding during England’s chase in the fourth T20I on Thursday. Kohli hurt himself during the 15th over as he sprinted in from
News Ben Stokes says high-pressure finale is perfect preparation for No.1-ranked T20I team England are welcoming the pressure of their T20I series against India going down to a must-win fifth game on Saturday as ideal preparation for the World Cup. India could mount the same argument, having snatched a thrilling eight-run victory to level the
Big Picture Cricket is a confidence game. Afghanistan, searching for a spark in the first Test in which they were ambushed in less than two days, found it a week later in the second Test. And they’ve carried that forward into their favourite format, the T20s, breaking little sweat in seeing off Zimbabwe in the
News IPL contracted players not named in T20 squad Allrounder Wihan Lubbe and fast bowler Lizaad Williams have received their first call-ups to a South African squad, with Lubbe included in the T20 squad to face Pakistan next month, and Williams in both the T20 and ODI squads. Sisanda Magala, who was part of South
News Azam was summoned to appear before the FIA but didn’t, family understood to argue they did not receive the summons A Lahore court has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to file a case against Babar Azam, the Pakistan captain, on charges of blackmail and harassment. The charges include two others alongside Azam and
Report Rahul Chahar gets a game for India in place of Yuzvendra Chahal Toss England won the toss and chose to bowl vs India Eoin Morgan called right at the toss once again, with England choosing to bowl in the fourth T20I, on the same surface that was used for the first T20I of the
News Atherton terms on-field soft signal for outfield catches “nonsense” as TV umpire remains unconvinced about the catch but has to stick with “out” signal The decision to cut short an enterprising maiden international innings from India batsman Suryakumar Yadav has thrown open the debate about the validity of the on-field umpire’s soft signal for
News “I had informed the head coach and chief selector that I won’t be available for the T20I series” Tamim Iqbal will not be available for the T20Is against New Zealand that follows the ODI series due to personal reasons. Iqbal, who is the ODI captain, said that he had already informed the head coach
News Stead believes there could be up to 30 players pushing for selection in the coming years New Zealand coach Gary Stead believes there could be up to 30 players vying for positions in the ODI side heading towards the 2023 World Cup in India. New Zealand return to the ODI format for the first
News Bangladesh head coach backs the side to win their first ever series in New Zealand Bangladesh’s head coach Russell Domingo believes his team have a “great opportunity” to upset New Zealand in the upcoming three-match ODI series that starts in Dunedin on Saturday. Bangladesh have never beaten New Zealand in their backyard before, but
Follow the latest England action: ecb.co.uk England recorded the highest ODI total in cricketing history, as they posted an outrageous 481-6 from their 50 overs. They had in fact set the previous record of 444-3 against Pakistan two years ago, passing that total by some distance. Bairstow and Hales struck 139 and 147 respectively, both
#DasunShanaka smashed run a ball 66 with the help of four fours and five sixes against England in the 4th ODI at Pallekele.