Ashton Turner is learning not to judge his performances as harshly while playing the most difficult of T20 roles, as he tries to reclaim a permanent spot in the middle order of Australia’s T20I side. Turner appeared to be the answer to the national side’s long-standing middle-order woes in limited-overs cricket when he played one
England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, who is set to don the big gloves in the second Test against India, feels the fresh Chepauk track will keep low and might start offering turn earlier compared to the series opener at the same venue. England won the first Test by 227 runs but it wasn’t until the fourth
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One of Rahul Chahar and Shahbaz Nadeem might play in the second Test if Axar Patel isn’t fit © BCCI India continue to wait on the fitness of Axar Patel, who resumed bowling in the nets after missing the first Test in Chennai with a left knee strain on the eve of the match. He
News Ben Foakes comes in for resting Jos Buttler, coach mulls bowling options Chris Silverwood believes there will be no “weakening” of the England team even if he decides to make several changes to it ahead of the second Test against India. England won the first Test of the series by 227 runs but, with
Report Bangladesh brought in Mohammad Mithun, Soumya Sarkar and Abu Jayed among the three changes Toss West Indies chose to bat v Bangladesh West Indies captain Kraigg Brathwaite chose to bat in the second Test in Dhaka against Mominul Haque’s Bangladesh, with the visitors looking to seal a series victory having won the first Test
News He replaces Michael Kasprowicz after his resignation and after Ian Healy withdrew from the process Greg Rowell, the former Queensland and Australia A fast bowler, has emerged as the Queensland Cricket nominee to fill the one remaining vacant spot on the Cricket Australia Board. He replaces Michael Kasprowicz after his resignation last year and
News Bowling coach impressed with the way fast bowler has overcome injury and regained top form Hasan Ali‘s story can be great inspiration for young fast bowlers, who fear that injury could bring their careers to a halt, according to Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis. Hasan completed a match-winning ten-wicket haul in Rawalpindi, which led
News Former India opener says it’s “sad” that he has to take the step to deny the “baseless” allegations A day after resigning as Uttarakhand head coach because of “interference in team selection”, former India opener Wasim Jaffer has denied allegations – reportedly levelled against him by senior officials of Cricket Association of Uttarakhand (CAU)
News Off-spinner produced an up and down performance in first Test Chris Silverwood insists he is “not worried” about Dom Bess, despite an up and down performance from the off-spinner in the first Test in Chennai. Bess claimed five wickets in the match and contributed 59 with the bat across the two innings. But he
Finding some permanent answers to Australia’s long-standing middle-order issues in T20 international cricket is top of the agenda for stand-in coach Andrew McDonald in the upcoming five-match series against New Zealand. Australia’s T20I side was extremely settled and well-oiled in the lead-up to the cancelled home T20 World Cup in Australia last year. McDonald had
Big picture Oh, how the tables have turned! How beautifully the momentum has shifted West Indies’ way, and the pressure towards Bangladesh. West Indies hold the lead in the series, and therefore the edge, after their debutants Kyle Mayers and Nkrumah Bonner put together a comeback for the ages on the fifth day in Chattogram.
News Miller has 78 T20I caps, a shave under three times as many as the next most experienced member of the squad picked to play Pakistan David Miller aims to use his position as the senior-most member of South Africa’s T20I squad to have an influence on and off the field in their upcoming series
Big Picture After an entertaining Test series where the 2-0 scoreline belied the competitiveness of the cricket, Pakistan and South Africa move on to the shortest format. This is a series both sides will cherish for very different reasons. For Pakistan, it serves as an appetiser to a five-week-long bonanza of T20 cricket in the
News Who was sold to whom, and who didn’t get a bid? The full list of players sold and unsold at the 2021 IPL player auction in Chennai. (Conversion rates as follows: USD 1 = INR 72; INR 50 lakh = USD 68,000 approx; INR 1 crore = USD 137,000 approx; INR 10 crore =
News Chattogram hero Kyle Mayers and Rawalpindi star Hasan Ali make solid gains too England captain Joe Root‘s match-winning 218 in the first Test against India has taken him to No. 3 in the ICC Test batting rankings, while India captain Virat Kohli has slipped to No. 5. Root, who came into the tour on
News Bangladesh captain Mominul Haque, meanwhile, admits “we have never faced such a situation,” as they fight to level the series The mood is quite different in both the Bangladesh as well as the West Indies camps ahead of the second Test in Dhaka, especially after the visitors hunted down 395 in Chattogram. But visiting
News Formal announcements to be made once tour dates are confirmed by the boards Following news that Australia will tour Bangladesh ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, BCB’s chief executive Nizamuddin Chowdhury has said that they will also host England and New Zealand. He, however, said that formal announcements will only be made once
India could go for one change to their playing XI in the second Test against England starting Saturday with Jharkhand left-arm spinner Shahbaz Nadeem making way for fit-again all-rounder Axar Patel after his poor show in the series-opener in Chennai. While Nadeem’s replacement will be decided by Friday, one can expect Patel to replace him
Follow India’s 2018 tour of England right here: https://www.ecb.co.uk/england/men There aren’t many players in cricket history that you would rather have walk out to the middle in the dying overs of a match. MS Dhoni delivers when it matters and he did so in emphatic style back in 2011 against England. This is the official
News Allrounder Frances Mackay returns to the ODI side after seven years New Zealand Women have included two potential debutants in 16-year-old Fran Jonas and Brooke Halliday for their 13-person squad to take on England in the upcoming ODI series at home. However, the team will continue to miss Suzie Bates due to a shoulder
News India captain says the vice-captain, alongwith Pujara, remain India’s ‘most important batsmen’ in Tests While acknowledging England’s dominance during the game, Virat Kohli asserted after the first Test that there will be no impulsive reactions from his team after a big defeat to start off the series. Kohli pointed that out on several fronts
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News Australia are set to go nearly 10 months without a Test match between the two summers Australia are set to make a belated trip to Bangladesh later this year for their first tour since 2017. Not for the Tests originally scheduled as part of the World Test Championship, but instead for T20Is intended as
Report Zimbabwe were bundled out for 77, losing their last seven wickets for 37 runs Pakistan Women 255 for 6 (Javeria 81, Riaz 74, Sibanda 2-28) beat Zimbabwe Women 77 all out (Iqbal 2-8, Sana 2-16) by 178 runs Pakistan Women bowlers ran through the Zimbabwe line-up to bundle them out for 77 and seal
News Appointment comes just days before Vijay Hazare Trophy after wrangling between CIC and MCA A day before the squad is picked for the forthcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day tournament, Mumbai have appointed a new head coach in former allrounder Ramesh Powar. Powar, the former Mumbai and India offspinner, replaces former Mumbai batsman Amit Pagnis,
News “We’ve executed the gameplan brilliantly and to finish in the manner we have done today is really pleasing” Joe Root has hailed the work ethic of his England side while warning that they must continue to improve after taking a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series in Chennai. England enjoyed a “fantastic five days”
News Saif Hassan, Aminul Islam Biplob picked in squad alongside U-19 stars Akbar Ali and Rakibul Hasan The BCB has named Saif Hassan and Aminul Islam Biplob in the 20-member preliminary Bangladesh Emerging players squad for their upcoming home series against the Ireland Wolves – the Ireland A side. The visitors arrive on February 18,
News Wicketkeeper-batsman will lead South Africa in T20Is in Pakistan without many first-choice players in the mix Heinrich Klaasen will play competitive cricket for the first time after a two-month recovery from Covid-19, when he captains South Africa in the T20I series against Pakistan. Klaasen, who is leading the team in the absence of Quinton
News Pakistan head coach defends himself after coming under scrutiny over the past few months Misbah-ul-Haq believes the 2-0 series win over South Africa was like “a breath of fresh air” for a Pakistan team which had until then been low on confidence, and also hoped that it puts an end to questions about his