Sam Curran was granted an extended break, given the time he has spent in bio-secure bubbles © Getty Images Chris Silverwood has warned England may extend their controversial rest and rotation policy into the Ashes if Covid restrictions are still in place. Each of England’s all-format players has been given a break at some point
Report Mahmudul Hasan Joy was the home team’s top-scorer in a tense chase of 264 Bangladesh Emerging Team 264 for 8 (Joy 66, Shamim 53*, White 2-45) beat Ireland Wolves 263 for 7 (Pretorius 90, Rakibul 2-39, Sumon 2-51) by two wickets Shamim Hossain played a match-winning hand in the Bangladesh Emerging Team’s four-wicket win
England Legends captain Kevin Pietersen stole the show in the low-scoring match as they got a maiden win in the Road Safety World Series T20 against Bangladesh Legends at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium in Raipur on Sunday. Pietersen cracked a quickfire 17-ball 42 to help England chase down a 114-run target with 36
Ouch! Englishman Liam Livingstone cops not one but two low blows in a KFC BBL match against Melbourne Renegades, much to the amusement of the commentary team
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38.6: Rangana Herath to Younis Khan Catches, Younis pushed forward to defend and he played that down into his boot. It went straight up off his boot and Silva dived forward from silly point, caught it one-handed, and flung it immediately to the keeper.
India completed two landmark series wins on the trot when they won by an innings and 25 runs in the fourth Test against England in Ahmedabad, having come from behind to first beat Australia away and then England at home. The wins, by 2-1 and 3-1 margins respectively, came with India having to battle a
Big picture Sri Lanka have broken their barren streak. They’d lost eight T20 internationals in a row – against, Australia, India and West Indies. Finally they seemed like a competent T20 team, and this was largely thanks to their spinners. It may seem like this is obviously the way Sri Lanka were going to win,
Report India return to Sushma Verma as wicketkeeper, in place of Taniya Bhatia South Africa Women won the toss and chose to bowl v India Women South Africa Women’s stand-in captain Sune Luus decided to chase against hosts India, who are playing their first match in almost a year. India last played in the Women’s
News The 3-1 series win over England helped India finish top of the WTC table with 72.2 percentage points A comprehensive 3-1 Test series victory over England has confirmed India’s spot in the final of the inaugural World Test Championship, where they will meet New Zealand. The WTC final is scheduled between June 18 and
News Analysis Big-name players will return but some key areas will continue to provoke debate when Australia resume playing Australia fought back from 2-0 down to square the series against New Zealand before suffering a heavy loss in the decider. The squad was missing at least four players who will be inked into the T20
News Brunt strikes twice in first over as England defend 128 with ease England women 128 for 9 (Wilson 31*, Dunkley 26, Devine 3-30) beat New Zealand women 96 (Satterthwaite 25, Villers 3-10, Brunt 2-19) England fast bowler Katherine Brunt led the way in a commanding bowling performance in Wellington, as her team comprehensively beat
News The tournament will be played behind closed doors “to begin with”, and all games will be at neutral venues during the league phase IPL 2021 will be played in India from April 9, across six cities: Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. All games will be at neutral venues, and the tournament will
News England captain wants better pitches, more points for a draw in County Championship Joe Root has reiterated his call for changes to be made in county cricket to provide players with better preparation for the international game. Root, England’s Test captain, suggested that flatter wickets and a change to the bonus-point system might result
Report New Zealand have recalled Mark Chapman on a surface again expected to aid the spinners Australia won the toss and decided to bat against New Zealand Australia’s captain Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bat first against New Zealand in the series-deciding fifth T20I in Wellington – brought forward in start time
News Says Pant’s hundred ‘best counterattacking innings I’ve seen’ and pays rich tribute to curators India head coach Ravi Shastri was at his expressive best after India completed a 3-1 series win against England, saying his team had been like “zombies” during the first Test and needed a “kick in the backside” to overturn the
Dimuth Karunaratne has made a return to the Test side as Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Saturday announced a 17-member squad for the two-match Test series against West Indies. The cricket board also informed Lahiru Thirimanne, Dhananjaya De Silva, Roshen Silva, Vishwa Fernando, and Lasith Embuldeniya will leave for the Caribbean on Saturday night to
He’s the seagull who had the cricket world talking after his miracle recovery at the MCG. Here’s what he’s been up to since that fateful day, and why Rob Quiney may need to watch his back
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Kusal Mendis’s 79 off 53 balls vs New Zealand – 1st T20I at Kandy
News The first one-dayer was abandoned after an Irish player tested positive for Covid-19 but now everyone from both sides have returned negative tests The second one-day match between Bangladesh Emerging Team and Ireland Wolves will go ahead as scheduled on Sunday, after players from both teams tested negative for Covid-19. Ruhan Pretorius, whose positive
News Dilruwan Perera, Kusal Perera and Lakshan Sandakan not part of 17-man squad Pathum Nissanka has earned a maiden call-up for the two Tests against West Indies for which fit-again Dimuth Karunaratne will lead Sri Lanka’s 17-man squad. Dilruwan Perera, Kusal Perera and Lakshan Sandakan were missing from the squad which included allrounder Dhananjaya de
Joe Root has called on his England team to embrace the realities of a chastening 3-1 series loss in India, and accept that their skills in spinning conditions let them down at key moments of the campaign, rather than the conditions themselves. After winning the first Test in Chennai by an emphatic 227-run margin, England
News “Our bench strength has been as strong as it has ever been. That’s a great sign for Indian cricket” The 3-1 victory against England was Virat Kohli‘s 10th series win in a row at home as India captain. It extended India’s dominance at home to 13 straight series wins with their last home defeat
Report Earlier, Danushka Gunathilaka and Pathum Nissanka helped the visitors put up a competitive total Sri Lanka 160 (Gunathilaka 56, Nissanka 37, Bravo 2-25) beat West Indies 117 (McCoy 23, Sandakan 3-10, Hasaranga 3-17) by 43 runs Sri Lanka’s spinners manufactured a convincing 43-run victory over the West Indies in Antigua to keep the three-match
News Experienced commissioner will lead appointment process for other members The ECB’s board have appointed Cindy Butts as chair of the newly-established Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, which was unveiled in November as part of the board’s measures to drive out discrimination and increase diversity across the game. Butts, whose other roles include serving
News ‘He’s our number one batsman, he’s done it before, he’s paid for his mistakes’ Usman Khawaja has called for Steven Smith to be given captaincy of Australia’s Test side once Tim Paine‘s tenure is over if he covets the role. Smith, who led the team for nearly three years, was stripped of the captaincy
Spin is likely to be at the forefront of the series decider © Getty Images Big Picture There will be more important T20 matches for these two sides to play later in the year, but a deciding contest to this series is a good opportunity for them to hone their skills in tournament-style play. Australia
Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour from the third day of the fourth Test Welcome to day two of our live report of the fourth India-England Test from Ahmedabad. Join us for updates, analysis and colour. You can find our traditional ball-by-ball commentary here *Most recent entry will appear at the top, please
News Mike Hesson has backed his IPL team’s million-dollar recruit after the quick proved expensive in the T20Is against Australia Mike Hesson, the director of cricket operations at the Royal Challengers Bangalore, has backed the team’s INR 15 crore recruit Kyle Jamieson despite the fast-bowling allrounder having a forgettable T20I series against Australia. In the