Lateral flow tests and vaccination certificates could be used to accelerate the return of spectators to cricket, according to Lancashire chief executive, Daniel Gidney. While Gidney celebrates the recent roadmap out of lockdown as “the best news” he’s had “in a very, very long time”, he hopes the game can find a way to work
News “If I am not selected, I will take BCB’s advice,” says pacer who was picked up by Rajasthan Royals in the 2021 auction Mustafizur Rahman has said that he will be available for Bangladesh’s two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in April, if selected. Rahman had been picked up by the Rajasthan Royals in
Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of Road Safety World Series.© Instagram Indian legends will take on their Bangladesh counterparts in the first match of the Road Safety World Series at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium in Raipur on March 5. England legends will open their account against Bangladesh on March 7
Mitchell Starc set the tone with a wicket off the game’s second ball, Nathan Lyon created plenty of chances before removing Cheteshwar Pujara, and Virat Kohli was run out to spark a mini-collapse against the new pink ball on an entertaining first day. Stream all the Test action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos
Buttler leads the way and spares England’s blushes as they bounce back on Day 1 of the 5th Test. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting you closer
Opener #DanushkaGunathilaka reveals the best match played and share some fun facts about himself & teammates on the latest edition of #OffThePitch.
News Gayle has interrupted a stint with Quetta Gladiators to return to the Caribbean Chris Gayle is expected to return to West Indies’ T20I squad for the first time in two years, when the side take on visiting Sri Lanka at the start of March. Though West Indies have not yet announced their squads for
News Former batsman ends his career with the fifth-most centuries for Sri Lanka in one-day cricket Sri Lankan batsman Upul Tharanga has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 36. Having made his debut in August 2005, Tharanga last turned out for Sri Lanka in an ODI in South Africa in March
Report Tash Farrant stars in first ODI for seven years, but NZ lose tenth match in a row England Women 181 for 2 (Beaumont 71, Knight 67*) beat New Zealand Women 178 (Jensen 53, Halliday 50) by eight wickets Tammy Beaumont and Heather Knight produced a pair of fluent half-centuries at Hagley Oval, as England
News India’s captain says pink ball Tests upend traditional batting and bowling tactics, and the team will have to adjust to that Bowl to contain at the start and cash in once the ball starts to misbehave under lights. Bat freely during the day, and take a fresh guard and bat as if opening the
News “Very happy to see him enjoy his bowling over the last four-five years and really become that stalwart of the Indian fast-bowling group” Virat Kohli kicked his sleeping room-mate, Ishant Sharma, out of the bed to inform him he had been selected for India. That was 15-odd years ago. Things haven’t changed much over
Dasun Shanaka’s first assignment will be the three-match T20 series in the West Indies © Associated Press Dasun Shanaka has been appointed the Sri Lanka men’s team’s new T20I captain, replacing Lasith Malinga, who is understood to be out of contention for selection, having not trained with the squad in the past few months. Shanaka
News Fast bowler cleared a fitness Test and will be part of the squad for both remaining games Umesh Yadav has been added to India’s squad for the third and fourth Tests against England after clearing a fitness test. Yadav, who had given the fitness test on Sunday, was formally added to the squad on
Joe Root believes a seam-orientated third Test could prove to be to England’s advantage and leaves them in “a great position” at the halfway stage of the series. While Root, England’s captain, was adamant the pitch in Ahmedabad would provide assistance to spin bowlers at some stage, he also suggested the fact that the game
News “We were all satisfied with how we went about our planning. It just comes down to an execution thing” Jhye Richardson says Australia’s bowlers will be looking to improve their execution in the death overs after missing their lengths in the heavy defeat to New Zealand at Hagley Oval in the first T20I of
News Board says former pacer made his “irresponsible move on the eve of the team’s departure, based on personal monetary gain” Just days after being appointed as Sri Lanka’s fast bowling coach, Chaminda Vaas has resigned from the post with immediate effect, with SLC accusing the former fast bowler of holding “the game at ransom”.
England’s seamers have been “licking their lips” at the thought of using a pink ball under floodlights in Ahmedabad, according to Ben Stokes. While England succumbed to a defeat by 317 runs in a second Test dominated by the spinning ball, Stokes believes the third could be “a completely different game” with the seamers expected
Relief and cautious optimism appear to be the dominant reactions from around the English game, after Boris Johnson announced the UK’s intended roadmap out of lockdown. With Prime Minister Johnson outlining his intention to lift all restrictions on social contact from June 21, English cricket can look forward to the realistic prospect of full-house crowds
News BCB president says star allrounder’s ask to skip home Tests for the IPL has left him disappointed The timing of Shakib Al Hasan‘s request to the Bangladesh Cricket Board to allow him a longer stint in the IPL has left the board president Nazmul Hassan “disappointed”, and it has prompted the BCB to ask
Report Jhye Richardson and Kyle Jamieson, who earned big at the IPL auction, both line up in Christchurch Australia won the toss and decided to bowl against New Zealand Australia’s captain Aaron Finch won the toss and sent New Zealand in to bat in the first T20 international of a five-match series at Hagley Oval
Hardik Pandya’s blistering 42no from 22 balls steered India home in an epic run chase at the SCG to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the Dettol T20I Series against Australia. Stream all the ODI action via Kayo Sports: https://watch.cricket.com.au/ Fixtures, news, videos for the #AUSvIND T20Is: https://cricketa.us/AUSvIND20-T20I Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cricketcomau Follow us
Watch match highlights from Day 1 at Old Trafford, as England take on Australia in the 2019 Ashes. Find out more at ecb.co.uk This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England and Wales Cricket Board. Including highlights, interviews, features getting you closer to
In a dramatic turn of events, Sri Lankan pace great Chaminda Vaas on Monday resigned as the national team’s fast bowling coach due to a pay dispute with his board, barely three days after being appointed to the post. Vaas resigned just before the team’s departure for a tour of the West Indies. “We could
News Quick had taken part in a practice game the day before the test was conducted Sri Lanka quick Lahiru Kumara has tested positive for Covid-19, which rules him out of the tour of the West Indies in March, Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed on Monday. Suranga Lakmal is in the frame to be his replacement
News The New Zealand batsman has now hit five consecutive 50-plus scores in T20 cricket Devon Conway is just trying to “ride the wave” of his spectacular T20 form after an innings in the series opener against Australia that those from both sides lauded as incredible. Conway finished unbeaten on 99 in Christchurch when he
News Fast bowler says he would have got to 100 even if was playing all formats – but maybe not this quickly It is easy to forget that Ishant Sharma, who will play his 100th Test this Wednesday, is only 32 years old. He has seen a lot of ups and downs at such a
News “it’s just getting back that confidence to sidestep and run as hard as I can and dive around again” David Warner has said he may feel the effects of the groin injury that has interrupted his season for up to nine months but is hopeful that he is getting closer to a return to
Report Bopara’s half-century, Mahmood’s double-strike in vain for Peshawar Zalmi Lahore Qalandars 143 for 6 (Hafeez 33*, Rashid 27*, Mahmood 2-22) beat Peshawar Zalmi 140 for 6 (Bopara 50, Butt 23*, Shaheen Afridi 3-14) by four wickets Shaheen Afridi started it, Rashid Khan did his thing in the middle with the ball, and then came
News “That’s the meaning of home advantage. Else, just take it away,” says India’s opener Rohit Sharma has a simple message to the experts, fans and everyone watching the game: debate performances and not pitches, because it’s the same for both sides – and the team that plays better, wins. The India opener never shies