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News The case hadn’t been registered by the FIA yet as Babar’s legal team had obtained a stay order The Lahore High Court has suspended last week’s order by a sessions court that had directed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to file a case against Babar Azam on charges of blackmail and harassment. This, after
News India’s captain says there were never any ‘issues or doubts’ over the pair opening together in the 50-over format Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan will start as openers for India in the upcoming ODIs against England, captain Virat Kohli has confirmed. After all the talk around India’s opening combinations during the recent T20I series,
Big picture In the year of the T20 World Cup and the inaugural World Test Championship final, most bilateral ODI series are expected to fly under the radar and this India-England series is no different. After being close to their full-strength in the T20I leg of the India tour, England will be without three of
Report Mohammad Saifuddin replaced the injured Hasan Mahmud in the only change for Bangladesh New Zealand chose to bowl vs Bangladesh On a sunny day in Christchurch, New Zealand captain Tom Latham opted to bowl after winning the toss in the second ODI, the first to be played under lights at the Hagley Oval. After
News Fast bowler to fly in from Antigua at conclusion of Test series against Sri Lanka Alzarri Joseph, the West Indies fast bowler, has joined Worcestershire as their overseas player for the opening weeks of the 2021 season. Joseph, who is currently playing against Sri Lanka in the first Test in Antigua, will fly into
Report Honours even after intriguing session but West Indies just 97 behind Lunch West Indies 72 for 2 (Campbell 27*, Embuldeniya 1-9) trail Sri Lanka 169 by 97 runs Sri Lanka’s bowlers were patient and disciplined, but so were West Indies’ batsmen on a sedate but intriguing second morning of the first Test in which
News He will have to reach a level close to his 2017 standard, which was just before his two-year ban Sharjeel Khan‘s return into Pakistan’s playing XI on the tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe will be subject to clear improvements in his fitness. Khan has been given a three-week target to enhance his endurance
News India batsman to arrive in July for duration of month-long group stage Shreyas Iyer has joined Lancashire for this summer’s Royal London Cup campaign and will link up with the club on July 15 for the duration of the competition’s month-long group stage. To date Iyer, 26, has played 50 times for India in
News Ben Stokes eager to play ODIs in lead-up to IPL, says England captain Eoin Morgan has warned that no timeframe should be put on Jofra Archer’s recovery from a long-standing elbow injury, after it was confirmed that he would miss the three-match ODI series in India, starting on Tuesday, as well as the opening
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Report The visitors completed their third-highest successful chase to record their first T20I series win over India South Africa Women 159 for 4 (Lee 70, Wolvaardt 53*) beat India Women 158 for 4 (Verma 47, Ghosh 44*) by six wickets South Africa Women completed their third-highest successful chase to record their first T20I series win
News Liam Livingstone, Matt Parkinson, Reece Topley named in England’s 14-man ODI squad Jofra Archer will miss England’s ODI series in India and the early stages of the IPL season, the ECB have confirmed. As reported by ESPNcricinfo, Archer’s elbow injury has become a growing concern for the England management over the course of the
Big picture After blowing away Bangladesh in the first ODI in Dunedin, New Zealand can press forward to pick up the series win in Christchurch. It is the first men’s day-night match at the Hagley Oval, which has often presented a rock-hard pitch that has traditionally aided fast bowling and confident strokeplay. New Zealand were
Yuvraj Singh received a guard of honour as he returned to the hotel after Road Safety World Series final.© Instagram Yuvraj Singh was one of the star performers as India Legends won the Road Safety World Series title in Raipur, beating their Sri Lanka counterparts in the final on Sunday. As the players returned to
News “We are starting to click together and performances are coming from every player,” Wolvaardt says Captain Suné Luus praised South Africa’s new-found fearless style of play, which she credited with their double success in India. South Africa won the ODIs 4-1 and sealed the T20I rubber with a game to play, to pick up
News The Association has won four trophies this season having also taken the Ford Trophy and women’s Super Smash Canterbury may need a bigger trophy cabinet after becoming the first team to win four domestic titles in a New Zealand season with the men’s side clinching the Plunket Shield and the women claiming the one-day
News The stand-in captain pointed out where in the contest did India lose the match India’s stand-in captain Smriti Mandhana said her team’s sloppy fielding made the hosts undeserving of a win in the second T20I against South Africa. On Sunday night, South Africa won off the final ball to take an unassailable 2-0 lead
Play 01:02 Archer prioritising England over IPL ‘very satisfying’ – Silverwood Jofra Archer‘s decision to miss the early stages of the IPL season in order to ensure his long-term fitness ahead of the T20 World Cup and the Ashes is a “very satisfying” one, in the eyes of England’s head coach Chris Silverwood. England confirmed
Shakib Al Hasan is due to return to KKR’s colours © BCCI The BCB may reconsider the No-Objection Certificate (NOC) for Shakib Al Hasan to play in this year’s IPL, according to Akram Khan, the board’s cricket operations chairman. The news comes less than 24 hours after Shakib had accused the BCB, and particularly Khan,
Report West Indies have decided to go with a four-strong seam attack to attempt to make full use of the seaming conditions Toss West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka West Indies’ new permanent captain Kraigg Brathwaite decided to put Sri Lanka in to bat in the first Test at
News T20I and ODI vice-captain acknowledges his role is that of a bowling allrounder After recovering from his groin injury, Shadab Khan – the Pakistan limited-overs vice-captain – has set his focus on reviving his bowling form as his primary objective. As for his batting, he wants to mould that part of his game as
News “Maybe Rahul’s loss of form has been a blessing in disguise,” he says Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar believes the lack of runs from regular opener KL Rahul has ended up benefiting India by providing them with an ideal opening combination of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Following scores of 1, 0, 0 and
News Increase in number of points for a draw following comments from Joe Root this month The number of points on offer for a draw in the County Championship has been increased from five to eight, after England’s Test captain Joe Root called for changes in the competition’s regulations to incentivise teams to make games
News Criticism centers around the board saying he ‘doesn’t want to play Tests’ Shakib Al Hasan has said that he was misrepresented by the BCB about his decision to skip the Test series against Sri Lanka. Shakib said that the two matches, which are part of the World Test Championship, aren’t of much value as
The late Dean Jones was honoured at tea time on day one of the Boxing Day Test at his beloved Melbourne Cricket Ground
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Quite possibly the greatest ever player to pick up a bat, exploded onto the scene at the age of just 17. Sachin Tendulkar became the 2nd youngest player to score a Test hundred, and remains 3rd in today’s standings. This is the official channel of the
Captain Eoin Morgan wants England’s IPL-bound players to make the most of the opportunities in the upcoming T20 league as they prepare themselves for the ICC T20 World Cup to be held in India later this year. The T20 World Cup is scheduled to be hosted by India in October-November this year and Morgan expects