News Several performers against Bangladesh, including Kyle Mayers, retain their place in the side West Indies have named their first Test squad since their captaincy swap, with outgoing leader Jason Holder and Darren Bravo both featuring in the Kraigg Brathwaite-led side. Though they return, the squad announced by Cricket West Indies for the first Test
Report The pitch is expected to get better for batting, so Sri Lanka may have their work cut out for them in setting a good total Toss: West Indies chose to bowl vs Sri Lanka West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl in the second ODI against Sri Lanka at North Sound, as
News The opener struck her third ODI century to help South Africa eke out a narrow win in the third game Lizelle Lee described her match-winning 132* as “one of the best innings I’ve played”, but credited South Africa’s bowlers for setting up the win that gave them a 2-1 lead in the five-match series
News Pakistan name squads for the three formats for twin tours of South Africa and Zimbabwe Sharjeel Khan has made a comeback to the Pakistan T20I squad, for the team’s all-format tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe, after a gap of over four years, a period during which he was out of the game altogether
News Says India need to address the “lack of execution of the shots” they played India’s batsmen “weren’t aware enough of what we had to do on that kind of pitch,” Virat Kohli has said after the hosts managed a below-par 124 for 7 in their eight-wicket drubbing against England in the opening T20I in
Report Khan took a four-for while Hasan Joy and Towhid Hridoy scored 80 and 88 respectively Bangladesh Emerging Team took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match one-day series against Ireland A with an eight-wicket win in the fourth game at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka. Pace bowler Sumon Khan took four wickets
News Tayla Vlaeminck is back from injury and the uncapped Darcie Brown is generating plenty of excitement Rachael Haynes believes Australia’s deepening stock of fast bowlers will provide a “point of difference” for the side as they build towards a 2021-22 schedule that has plenty of big prizes up for grabs. Tayla Vlaeminck is back
Eoin Morgan insists he has no concerns about Jofra Archer‘s enduring motivation to play for England in all three formats, after the bowler himself used his newspaper column to hit back at suggestions – most notably from the former England captain, Michael Vaughan – that he “does not love Test cricket”. Archer played in the
Report Prince Masvaure’s career-best 65 ushered Zimbabwe through most of the morning session Lunch Zimbabwe 145/2 (Musakanda 23*, Williams 8*) trail Afghanistan 545 for 4 (Shahidi 200*, Jamal 55*) by 400 runs Prince Masvaure‘s career-best 65 ushered Zimbabwe through most of the morning session but his dismissal in the third over before lunch gave Afghanistan
News “He told me he didn’t see that properly at that time and only after he saw the video he realised I didn’t do anything.” Danushka Gunathilaka has said Kieron Pollard apologised to him for his controversial obstructing-the-field appeal during the first ODI in Antigua. The incident occurred in the 22nd over of Sri Lanka’s
News It seems unlikely at this stage that he can return to the tour at any point Angelo Mathews will leave Sri Lanka’s tour of West Indies immediately for personal reasons. It seems unlikely at this stage, that he can return to the tour at any point. Even if the “family matter” he is returning
News England’s Charlotte Edwards is the only other batter to have reached the milestone Mithali Raj has become the first Indian batter, and only the second overall, to score 10,000 runs in women’s international cricket. Raj went past the mark during her innings of 36 in the third ODI against South Africa on Friday, getting
The Australian season still has another month to run, with the Sheffield Shield final due to conclude on April 19, but by then a number of players will be overseas at the IPL with plenty more then heading to the UK for a county season and the Hundred – Covid-19 and travel permitting. Here is
Morgan and Hales have not spoken about the player’s sacking since 2019 © AFP via Getty Images Ashley Giles has given the strongest hint yet that Alex Hales may be offered a route back into England’s white-ball set-up, almost two years after he was axed from the 2019 World Cup squad for failing two tests
Kraigg Brathwaite led West Indies superbly in Bangladesh © AFP via Getty Images Kraigg Brathwaite has been named West Indies’ new permanent Test captain in place of Jason Holder following his success in leading them to a 2-0 victory in Bangladesh. Brathwaite, who has captained West Indies seven times while standing in for Holder, will
News The trio are part of a 13-man squad to face Bangladesh which will be captained by Tom Latham Devon Conway, Will Young and Daryl Mitchell have earned their first ODI call-ups as part of New Zealand’s 13-man squad for the three-match series against Bangladesh this month. With Kane Williamson ruled out due to an
News “We want to be a side that plays free cricket, not have any baggage of lack of [batting] depth” India are set to embrace a more dynamic approach to their T20I batting, which has tended in the past to blend caution with aggression. The main ingredient that prevented India from being more aggressive in
News The opener will be available for the County Championship and one-day tournament Leicestershire have signed Australia opener Marcus Harris for their County Championship and Royal London Cup campaigns. Harris returned to the Australia side in January when he partnered David Warner in the final match of the series against India in Brisbane, his first
Five years, four stress fractures, one bout of surgery and countless injections separate Reece Topley, the England rookie who took part in his side’s wide-eyed journey towards the final of the last World T20 in India in 2016, from the seasoned, 27-year-old pro whose career could yet come full circle as England’s latest T20I campaign
TV presenter Sanjana Ganesan is set to marry cricketer Jasprit Bumrah.© Sanjana Ganesan/Instagram India cricketer Jasprit Bumrah is set to marry Sanjana Ganesan, a TV presenter who has hosted several shows on sports broadcast. Ganesan has also hosted shows for Indian Premier League franchise Kolkata Knight Riders and pre-match and post-match shows on Team India
On the back of another sublime century from Steve Smith, a Glenn Maxwell cameo and two classic catches, Australia won the second Dettol ODI by 51 runs but their series win was overshadowed by David Warner’s groin injury. Stream all the ODI action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND ODIS: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND20-ODI
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men Virat Kohli was nothing short of sensational on Day 2 as he hauled his team back into the match. England’s excellent bowling in the first two sessions of play reduced India from 50-0 to 100-5, following a wonderful spell from the young Sam Curran. Enter Kohli.
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News West Indies seamer joins for two-month spell at start of season Miguel Cummins, the West Indies fast bowler, has signed a short-term deal with Kent, making him available for the first eight games of the club’s County Championship campaign. Cummins, who has played 14 Test and 11 ODIs, joined Middlesex in 2019 under the
Big picture It had been over a year since Sri Lanka played ODIs, and yet the script for Wednesday’s ODI seemed so familiar. For decent stretch of the game, they appeared confident – dominant, even – as Dimuth Karunaratne and Danushka Gunathilaka sailed to half-centuries and put them seemingly on track for a total in
News South Africa’s uncertain schedule has affected availability of allrounder South Africa allrounder Wiaan Mulder has withdrawn from a planned spell as Leicestershire’s overseas player due to potential international commitments. Mulder had signed with the expectation of being involved for a full season of County Championship cricket, as well as the 50-over Royal London Cup.
There has been progress in getting PSL 2021 back on track © PCB/PSL The 2021 season of the Pakistan Super League, which was suspended in the wake of a spate of Covid-19 cases among players and support staff, will resume once again in June. The PCB and the various franchises got together for a (virtual)
News Latham will return to scene of international debut nine years ago for Bangladesh opener Tom Latham used to play rugby with his older brother Matt while growing up and quite naturally his childhood dream was to become an All Black. However, around the time he was picked in New Zealand’s Under-19 side, he fully
News India’s captain was reacting to Varun Chakravarthy and Rahul Tewatia failing their fitness tests Fitness cannot be “compromised”. That is the firm message India captain Virat Kohli has sent to the players who recently failed to clear to the fitness tests put in place by BCCI to be eligible for selection to the national
News The Bangladesh spin-bowling coach backs “experienced” Mehidy Hasan Miraz to make a difference Bangladesh’s spinners can make a big impact in the ODI series against New Zealand, according to their spin-bowling coach Daniel Vettori. The first of the three-match series is in Dunedin on March 20, and the visitors will also play three T20Is,