Shakib Al Hasan has said that the Bangladesh team has the ability to bounce from adversity, after their first series whitewash at home in nine years. The home side lost the Dhaka Test by 17 runs against West Indies, after already losing the game in Chattogram by three wickets. It led to stinging criticism led
News “It hasn’t been positive on trying to find a window but we are working hard,” says CSA’s director of cricket Relations between Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA) remain “strained,” as South Africa seek to move on from the indefinite postponement of a three-Test series that was due to take place on
England spin bowling consultant Jeetan Patel on Monday said that he is disappointed to see Moeen Ali miss a five-wicket haul against India in the ongoing second Test at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. Ravichandran Ashwin’s scintillating century and early wickets helped India dominate Day 3 of the second Test against England. Ashwin scored
Chris Lynn and Marnus Labuschagne fired as Brisbane Heat thrust themselves into finals reckoning with a 26-run win over Melbourne Renegades
Find out more at ecb.co.uk It was, quite simply, the most enthralling Test match in living memory. Chasing 282 in the final innings at Edgbaston, Australia slipped to 220-9, and it looked for all the world like England would level the series. However an extraordinary and typically gutsy Australian rearguard from Brett Lee and Michael
News Rizwan was recently named Player of the Series in the T20Is against South Africa Multan Sultans have named wicketkeeper Mohammad Rizwan as their captain for the upcoming Pakistan Super League season. He will replace Shan Masood, who led the franchise to the playoffs last year. Rizwan was previously part of Karachi Kings, PSL 2020
News Martin Snedden replaces Greg Barclay on the board of the women’s ODI World Cup 2022 Former batsman Roger Twose has been appointed as the director of New Zealand Cricket to replace Greg Barclay, who was required to step aside after being named ICC chairman. Steve Tew, who earlier served as CEO of New Zealand
Report Join us for updates, analysis and colour from the first day of the second Test Welcome to day three of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. 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 Australia are scheduled to play eight Tests in the subcontinent, including four in India, next year Glenn Maxwell believes that spinning conditions in Asia, a stratosphere away from anything in Australia, will give him a chance to return to the Test team even if schedule clashes and Covid-19 complexities conspire against his ambitions to
There was an air of apology to the naming of South Africa’s T20I squad last month, with head coach Mark Boucher almost forced to justify the inexperience of the men named. He explained that the visitors were prioritising the upcoming visit of Australia to their shores, and were keen to provide their senior players as
Welcome to day two of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. 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 refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 4.30pm: Stumps India 329 and
Shaheen Shah Afridi is pumped up after dismissing Janneman Malan © Associated Press Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl vs South Africa In a series where the chasing team has had the advantage against a wet ball, Pakistan opted to field first in the finale. South Africa had won the previous two tosses
Martin Guptill made just 46 in three T20Is against Pakistan in December © AFP via Getty Images New Zealand opener Martin Guptill will have to prove his fitness in order to be part of the T20I series against Australia, which begins on February 22 in Christchurch. The 34-year-old Guptill, who had missed the final two
News “Obviously the ball turning away from the left-hander is one very big advantage when it comes to offspinners” Having played 76 largely successful Tests, R Ashwin is now at a stage of his career where every achievement takes him to a milestone. During the second day’s play in Chennai, he took his 29th five-for,
Ben Foakes said that conditions in Chennai were “obviously extremely tough, and probably not going to get any easier” after keeping wicket for 113.5 overs and batting for nearly two hours across the first two days of England’s second Test against India. With Jos Buttler at home in the UK as part of the ECB’s
Mominul Haque knows that winning and losing a game for Bangladesh produces two very different types of reactions. It was all very calm when Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe last year, but after West Indies blanked them 2-0 in their backyard, he knew “a lot of things won’t be in your favour and a lot of things
It is an incredibly challenging surface, said England assistant coach Graham Thorpe, as India took the upper hand after dismissing England for 134 in their first innings on Sunday. Former cricketers Shane Warne and Michael Vaughan countered each other while debating on the quality of the pitch, but Thorpe played safe when asked about the
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Finn Allen had a stellar strike rate of 193.93 in the Super Smash, with 25 sixes © Getty Images The Super Smash, New Zealand’s premier T20 competition ended on Saturday, with Michael Bracewell’s Wellington Firebirds successfully defending their title against the Canterbury Kings in front of a packed home crowd at the Basin Reserve. ESPNcricinfo
Welcome to day two of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. 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 refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local 9.20am: #AskMatchDay – What’s a
The first two warm-up games will be played at the John Davies Oval in Queenstown © Getty Images England 299 for 9 (Sciver 75) beat New Zealand XI 279 for 6 (Down 97) by 20 runs England Women won the first warm-up game of their tour of New Zealand, defeating a New Zealand XI by
Taijul Islam celebrates a wicket © BCB Innings break West Indies 409 and 117 (Bonner 38, Da Silva 20, Islam 4-36, Hasan 3-34) set Bangladesh 296 a 231-run target A flurry of wickets post-tea – West Indies lost their last four wickets for 13 runs inside 21 balls – has set up a potentially exciting
News Buttler, Bess, Anderson, Archer out of contention; Foakes, Moeen, Broad, Woakes, Stone in squad Joe Root has confirmed four changes to the team that won the first Test against India, with James Anderson rested, and Chris Woakes and Olly Stone seemingly competing for the final berth in a 12-man squad. With just three full
Glenton Stuurman was handed a debut © AFP via Getty Images South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl v Pakistan South Africa will chase for the second successive match in Lahore as they looked to break a five-match losing streak in T20Is and stay in the series. Unless they win today’s match, South
Rohit Sharma went for his shots early on the first day © BCCI Rohit Sharma knew he needed to be proactive on the turning pitch rolled out for the second Test, and he prepared accordingly. Having been beaten in the first Test on a pitch that began to turn towards the end of the third
Welcome to day one of our live report of the second India-England Test from Chennai. 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 refresh your page for the latest updates. All times are local Stumps – India 300 for
Mehidy Hasan got to the milestone when he sent back Shayne Moseley © Raton Gomes/BCB Mehidy Hasan became the fastest (in terms of number of Tests) Bangladesh bowler to take 100 Test wickets, when he removed Shayne Moseley on the third evening of the Dhaka Test against West Indies. The offspinning-allrounder got to the milestone
NSW are set to host Victoria in a one-day game at the North Sydney Oval, before a Shield match between the sides at the SCG Darrian Traynor / © Getty Images Victoria’s squad for one-day and Sheffield Shield fixtures against New South Wales in Sydney will be travelling north on Sunday morning after agreement was
India opener Rohit Sharma is very clear in his mind that even an iota of doubt, while playing the sweep shot on a rank turner could lead to inevitable trouble. With one of the best exhibitions of sweep shots played at the Chepauk since Sachin Tendulkar’s valiant 136 against Pakistan in 1999, Rohit has put
India take control as England lose all 10 wickets in the afternoon session to be bowled out for 161, losing 9 wickets for just 74 runs. Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men This is the official channel of the ECB. Watch all the latest videos from the England Cricket Team and England